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Aug. 23, 2013
Latasha Harlins and the origins of the Los Angeles riots
Brenda Stevenson had no way of knowing that her book, "The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins," published this month, would be so tragically timely. By Elaine Elinson
The unarmed African-American teenager was shot and killed. The shooter, claiming self-defense, served not one minute of jail time.
The sorrow, anger and disbelief in the black community was palpable. One mother wrote to the daily newspaper that she feared the justice system has "told us it is open season on our children."
This might have been last month's headline about the verdict in the Trayvon Martin murder ...
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