UID:
almafu_9959239311802883
Format:
1 online resource (444 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-19-933959-7
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0-19-994458-X
Content:
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 policemen who had beaten Rodney King. It should be no surprise that such intense anger erupted from something deeper than a single incident. In The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins, Brenda Stevenson tells the dramatic story of an earlier trial, a turning point on the road to the 1992 riot. On March 16,
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. 'Tasha: The Girl with the Wonderful Smile; 2. Soon Ja Du: "She had a good life in Korea"; 3. March 16, 1991: Not Just Another Saturday in South Central; 4. People v. Du: The Trial; 5. Judge Joyce Karlin: "I Would Dream of Closing Arguments"; 6. People v. Du: Sentencing; 7. Whose Fire This Time?; Epilogue: Justice?; Appendix; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-023101-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-994457-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199944576
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190231019
Language:
English
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