1992 Los Angeles riots
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Los Angeles, California, experienced a series of riots and civil disturbances from April 29 to May 3, 1992. Civil unrest began in South Central Los Angeles on April 29, after a jury acquitted four off
Aftermath of the riots
South Central Los Angeles, where much of the rioting took place
Looking northeast from the southwestern corner of Florence and Normandie, in March 2010
National Guard soldiers patrolling the streets
Killing of Latasha Harlins
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Latasha Harlins was a 15-year-old African-American teenager who was fatally shot in the Vermont Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, by Soon Ja Du, a Korean-American store owner.
1992 Los Angeles riots
…barriers, which further fueled tensions. On March 16, 1991, a year before the Los Angeles riots, storekeeper Soon Ja Du shot and killed Black ninth-grader Latasha Harlins after a physical altercation. Du was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and the jury recommended the maximum sentence of 16 years, but the judge, Joyce…
Latasha Harlins