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A Word: Legacy of Fire: The L.A. Riots

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The Latasha Harland Story

Sapcentraele was accused of stelling a bottle of orange juice by the woman behind the counter. In only a few seconds, the confrontation escalades to the point with sun jadu shooting latash in the back of the head. The jury found sunjadu guilty of voluntary manslaughter but he did not get jail time. It's such a huge miscarriage of justice in that way, right? Black people who have been living in this city for years and have seen so many acts of brutality,. "It's visorly jarring, even to day," says O'Brien.

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