Which Way, L.A.?
A New Look at the Origins of the LA Riots
The devastating Los Angeles riots of 1992 have been blamed on the white jury that acquitted LAPD officers of abusing a black man named Rodney King.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe devastating Los Angeles riots of 1992 have been blamed on the white jury that acquitted LAPD officers of abusing a black man named Rodney King. But a new book argues that the stage was set by another court case the year before, when a female Korean grocery store was given probation by a woman judge in the shooting death of a 15-year-old black girl. The book is
The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins
by UCLA history professor
Brenda Stevenson.
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
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Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Brenda Stevenson
professor of history and African American studies at UCLA; author of “The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins: Justice, Gender, and the Origins of the LA Riots”