The contested murder of Latasha Harlins : justice, gender, and the origins of the LA riots

The contested murder of Latasha Harlins : justice, gender, and the origins of the LA riots /

"Helicopters thwopped low over the city, filming blocks of burning cars and buildings, mobs breaking into storefronts, and the vicious beating of truck driver Reginald Denny. For a week in April 1992, Los Angeles transformed into a cityscape of rage, purportedly due to the exoneration of four p...

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Main Author: Stevenson, Brenda E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013
Subjects:
Du, Soon Ja > Trials, litigation, etc.
Harlins, Latasha > Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Murder) > California.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > History > 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Race relations.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 'Tasha : the girl with the wonderful smile
  • Soon Ja Du : "She had a good life in Korea"
  • March 16, 1991 : not just another Saturday in South Central
  • People v. Du : "I would dream of closing arguments"
  • People v. Du : sentencing
  • Whose fire this time?
  • Epilogue : Justice?

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