The L.A. Riots | 2. No Justice

Slow Burn

Slate Audio

Politics, Society & Culture, History, News, Documentary

4.6 • 25.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In March 1991, the video of the Rodney King beating was national news. The LAPD was under intense scrutiny and many white Americans were seeing a side of policing they’d never seen before. Just a few days after George Holliday’s tape aired, the residents of South Central, Los Angeles were forced to confront yet another devastating act of violence: The killing of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins. How did a deadly altercation at a convenience store set off a battle between Los Angeles’ Black residents and its immigrant shopkeepers? And how did the justice system respond? Want more Slow Burn? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately access all episodes of Slow Burn (and your other favorite Slate podcasts) completely ad-free. Plus, you’ll unlock subscriber-exclusive bonus episodes that bring you behind-the-scenes on the making of the show. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/slowburnplus to get access wherever you listen. Season 6 of Slow Burn is produced by Joel Anderson, Jayson De Leon, Ethan Brooks, Sophie Summergrad, and Jasmine Ellis. Mixing by Merritt Jacob. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.0	This episode has some explicit language.
0:35.0	Latasha Harlan's was nine years old when her mother was shot and
0:38.1	killed in a Los Angeles nightclub. It was November 1985, Thanksgiving Day.
0:44.0	When her mother got killed, she took it real hard.
0:48.0	That's Latasha's cousin,
0:50.0	Shanice Harlan's Kilgore.
0:52.0	She was hurt because then her father left and that was the last time I believe that she's seeing her father
0:59.7	Latasha and her family hoped her mother's killer would be found guilty of murder and spent her life in prison.
1:05.0	Instead, the woman was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to five years.
1:11.0	The justice system had failed them. The Harlan's family was learning
1:20.4	that life in LA wasn't so different from the one they had fled in East St Louis.
1:25.6	In her book The Last Plantation, the author Itobari and Jerry described their plight this way.
1:31.8	There was death in the family.
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