Hours after a Ventura County jury found Koon, Powell, Briseno and Wind not guilty on April 29, 1992, millions watched on TV as truck driver Reginald O. Denny was stopped at Florence and Normandie avenues, dragged from his truck and beaten unconscious with a brick, a tire iron and a fire extinguisher. But was that reaction understandable? Theodore J. Briseno was twice acquitted of criminal charges. In Charlotte, North Carolina, the Black community is calling for a boycott of Missha Beauty  after the owner Sung Ho Lim and another female employee were caught on cellphone video physically assaulting an unidentified female customer, who appears Black. However, the trial judge, Joyce Karlin, did not accept the jury's sentencing recommendation and instead sentenced Du to five years of probation, 400 hours of community service, and a $500 fine.[14][15][16].
We must do more to push back against the alt-right mythos of Black cultural and intellectual inferiority that is too often repeated within Asian American circles. His nine minutes of grainy footage ignited furious charges of racial injustice. (Incidentally, Advancing Justice recently launched the first-ever tracker of hate crimes against Asian Americans.). Du physically grabbed Harlins by the sweater and attempted to take her backpack. When Harlins struck Du multiple times and pushed her away, Du threw a stool at her.

He struck King with his baton and kicked him, but was twice acquitted of any criminal wrongdoing. King, 47, spent his multimillion dollar award. By the end of his beating by LAPD officers, Rodney King had a broken cheekbone, a fracture at the base of his skull and a broken a leg. He received $500 from KTLA-TV Channel 5 for rights to broadcast the tape. When Harlins struck Du multiple times and pushed her away, Du threw a stool at her.

[12], On November 15, 1991 a jury found that Du's decision to fire the gun was fully within her control and that she fired the gun voluntarily. Both sought to overcome adversity", "Liquor Permit Denied at Site of 1991 Killing", The People, petitioner v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Soon Ja Du, Real Party in Interest, "A Senseless and Tragic Killing : New tension for Korean-American and African-American communities", "Merchant Charged in Girl's Fatal Shooting", "Legal Audio Opinions and Courtroom Video - LexisNexis Courtroom Cast", "Videotape Shows Teen Being Shot After Fight : Killing: Trial opens for Korean grocer who is accused in the slaying of a 15-year-old black girl at a South-Central store", "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 Historical Timeline", "Judge Who Gave Probation In a Slaying May Be Moved", "U.S. Looks Into Korean Grocer's Slaying of Black Published", "Grocer Given Probation in Shooting of Girl", People v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Du), "LOS ANGELES : Family of Latasha Harlins Wins $300,000 Settlement", African-Americans, Koreans Try to Heal Deep Wounds, The L.A. [17] Furthermore, Karlin deemed that Du's capacity to act rationally in the situation was undermined by her experience with past robberies.
"And he's moving forward with his life as best as he can.". He took a part-time job as a community service officer for the Culver City Police Department in 1994, which some residents protested. But her testimony was contradicted by the statements of the two witnesses present at the time, as well as the store's security camera video, which showed Du shooting Harlins in the back of the head as the teenager turned away from Du and attempted to leave the store. "All you people sitting, applauding over a child killer," Harlins yelled. Harlins then struck Du with her fist twice, knocking Du to the ground. Wind, now 51, could not be reached and lives in Kansas, according to public records and acquaintances. [19], The incident and reduced sentencing by the court exacerbated the existing tensions between African-American residents and Asian-American merchants in South-central Los Angeles. Du reached under the counter, retrieved a revolver, and fired at Harlins from behind at a distance of about three feet (one meter). [28], Rapper Ice Cube composed a song about the incident for his album Death Certificate entitled "Black Korea".[29]. Thereafter, Shakur made frequent mention of Harlins in his songs, including in tracks like "Something 2 Die 4 (Interlude)" ("Latasha Harlins, remember that name... 'Cause a bottle of juice is not something to die for"), "Thugz Mansion" ("Little Latasha, sho' grown/Tell the lady in the liquor store that she’s forgiven/So come home"), "I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" ("Tell me what's a black life worth/A bottle of juice is no excuse, the truth hurts/And even when you take the shit/Move counties get a lawyer, you can shake the shit/Ask Rodney, Latasha, and many more"), "White Mans World" ("Rest in Peace to Latasha, Little Yummy, and Kato"), "Hellrazor" ("Dear Lord if ya hear me, tell me why/Little girl like Latasha, had to die")[26][27] and "N.I.G.G.A" ("Korean motherfuckers was crooked/So niggas had to burn and loot 'em [...] Lickin' off shots for Latasha, that's proper").