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LA Before It Erupted
The Rodney King beating was videotaped by a bystander and broadcast on newscasts worldwide. Two weeks later, a 15-year-old black girl, Latasha Harlins, was shot to death by a Korean-American liquor-store owner, Soon Ja Doo. That incident was also videotaped by a surveillance camera and was repeatedly broadcast.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe Rodney King beating was videotaped by a bystander and broadcast on newscasts worldwide. Two weeks later, a 15-year-old black girl, Latasha Harlins, was shot to death by a Korean-American liquor-store owner, Soon Ja Doo. That incident was also videotaped by a surveillance camera and was repeatedly broadcast. Soon Ja Doo was convicted of second degree murder and granted probation.
Wanda Coleman, Congresswoman Karen Bass, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, former Mayor Richard Riordan, Rodney King and others.)
(L-R) Warren Olney, Raphael Sonenshein, Erin Aubry Kaplan,
Bonghwan Kim and Rubén Martínez
