The contested murder of Latasha Harlins : justice, gender, and the origins of the LA riots

The story of the 1991 murder trial of a 15-year-old African American girl shot by a Korean liquor store owner for shoplifting a bottle of orange juice, and the Jewish judge who sentenced the shooter “to probation, community service and a $500 fine.”  This trial was the start of what led to the 1992 LA riots following the Rodney King verdict.