obligations, acting out of regard for ethics, not politics. Soon Ja Du, who killed Latasha Harlins, an African American teenager, over a shoplifting dispute. Chris Martinez/Associated Press rare. . Her father an executive who also became the president of Warner Bros. International. In 1981, Soon Ja Du and her husband, Billy Heung Ki Du, purchased a convenience store, Empire Liquor Store, in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles. grief for his own ends.. She was given probation and paid the family 500.00 dollars. into making politically expeditious decisions, rather than exercising
But by then I did not have the luxury of dreaming on any longer; all the dreams had dissipated. The Nov. 27 issue of the
Getting by was the priority, so we were not choosy over which job to work at. Soon Ja Du, 51, left, leaves court with her husband, Billy Hong Ki Du, in Los Angeles on Nov. 24, 1992. Later, police concluded that there was "no attempt at shoplifting." Du was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced with only a $500 fine . engendered by robberies and terrorism in the store. I respect everyone on this School Board. In so doing, they have more severely
The end of the frontier, land of sunshine, promised land. We were busy making money, raising kids and sending them to a good school and feeding them good food. "We had just moved to the heart of South Central LA on 55th and Western," she says. At the trial, Soon Ja Du testified that she killed Latasha in self-defense, but the witness testimony and stores security camera presented contrary evidence. However, it was close to Latashas house and so she went there. From that, we paid the rent, the electricity bill, and and I had not realized it then, but life was like a war Others came for studies, but for us, it was for survival, and we had not brought much money with us.we worked at places like Swap meet, cleaning jobs at night. Following this, the Los Angeles County District Attorney issued a policy that did not let Joyce judge violent felony cases. It is true that the appeals court has not
Because the city was human, and humans could only take so much. Latasha Harlins was shot in the back of the head after a violent confrontation with Korean store owner Soon Ja Du, who mistakenly believed Harlins was shoplifting. judge from a casewithout an explanation. In following the Korean American character Grace Park and the African American character Shawn Matthews and their families the book explores how those tensions still exist today. He left in September 2014. "She wanted to make sure her sister and brother were cool, that they had they head on strong," says Shinese Harlins. The decision caused outrage in Los Angeles and a large number of Korean-owned businesses were attacked. When The Times had endorsed one of her opponents, she wrote them a strongly worded letter stating, If judges have to look over their shoulders as they decide a case; if they have to test the political winds in order to arrive at a politically correct verdictthen the judicial system and the freedoms it guarantees will be destroyed.. Through her sentencing, Karlin labeled Soon Ja Du's lifestyle as appropriate, while chastising and criminalizing Harlins for behaving differently, for being different. Du accused the teenager of stealing a bottle of orange juice. I have a bond with Sandra Bland's sister. It is the most professional School Board we have ever seen. She got the position, and in 2002, she even served as the mayor of the city. "Every single period of mass rebellion has always produced a moral panic," Kelley says. This is how I frankly viewed the issue: blacks had been oppressed for hundreds of years and were subject to racial discrimination that was further evidenced in the court ruling. At one point, Denise Harlins interrupted an awards ceremony at the Biltmore Hotel for Du defense attorney Charles Lloyd. Harlins was found clutching two dollars, more than the cost of the drink, in her hand. perfectly legalbut is it wise? ", On April 22, 1992, an appeals court upheld that ruling, 'Give us the hammer and the nails, and we will rebuild the city. re-election battle and has become increasingly vocal on a number of major
This is not a time for rhetoric, Karlin said in imposing the sentence. However, Judge Joyce Karlin awarded her quite a simple sentence: a $500 fine, 400 hours of community service, and 5 years of probation with no jail time. In 1974, Joyce graduated fromLoyola University Chicago School of Law. Stuyvesant area. Soon Ja Du with her husband Billy Heung Ki Du. Soon Ja Du and her family migrated to Los Angeles in 1976 when she was 35 years old. "It's been my life since I was 7 years old," she says. . This case only fuelled the racial fires that eventually resulted in the Los Angeles riots in 1992. And their spirits seem joined this week, as Latasha makes a brief but emotional appearance in the recently aired second episode of O.J. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Tupac and Latasha were born four years apart. These stereotypes are you know, even if they're both groups of stereotypes, one set is much more damaging than the other, and results in different outcomes in the criminal justice system, also in education. A jury found the shopkeeper guilty of involuntary manslaughter, but the judge gave her 5 years probation without jail time. A regular girl who dreamed of being a lawyer, who lost her mother to gun violence. After the smoke cleared and the bodies were buried, there was talk about police reform and community policing and changes at LAPD in 1992. require rehabilitation or incapacitation. It suggested that former gang members work with police, going on ride-alongs to change the nature and reception of policing. Soon's husband, Bill Heung Ki Du heard the gunshot then ran into the store, when he got there Soon appeared confused . out in favor of the candidacy of Judge Joyce Karlin, and against the lynch-mob
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challenger had declared candidacy, setting forth in its editorial. Robert Sullivan/AFP via Getty Images An exclusive interview with Sophia Nahli Allison on her heartbreaking doc 'A Love Song for Latasha' due out on Netflix. True, the film opens on the vicious murder of fifteen-year-old Latasha Harlins, a black girl brutally shot by convenience store owner Soon Ja Du only thirteen days after Rodney King's beating. Many uninsured businesses never re-opened, uprooting the lives of Korean-American families who had labored for years to build their livelihoods from scratch. There weren't too many Koreans back then-- the immigrants Since there were few Koreans, if we saw any Asians passing by on the street, we would ask, 'Are you, by any chance, Korean? He had an older sister here, so we came to LA. Reiner Mounts Assault on Judge Joyce Karlin Over Sentencing of
Money comes and goes. that consideration, she would have come to the same sentencing conclusion. Before, Joyce worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in Los Angeles and even presided over the Darnell Garcia case. Karlin, a former federal prosecutor appointed to the bench by Gov. A video captured Los Angeles police brutally beating a black man, Rodney King in 1992. we regard as abominably bad judgment, we applaud his forthright and prompt
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AFP/AFP via Getty Images The retired judge was elected to Manhattan Beachs city council twice from 1999 to 2007, and she even ran for a position to become a part of the citys School Board Trustees. "There was another plan for reconstruction after 92." Her Korean-American son was killed during the LA uprising. connection with the fatal shooting the previous March 16. Get more out of your subscription* Access to over 100 million course-specific study resources; 24/7 help from Expert Tutors on 140+ subjects; Full access to over 1 million Textbook Solutions; Subscribe On television, they would visually focus on fires and looting And the broadcasters, though it was not a conflict between Koreans and blacks, they began to add those elements little by little. Karlin did not alter the sentence. We earned about $300-400 combined. decision? And in the black neighborhoods This is something I heard later in the media. The Nov. 27 issue of the
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Karlin said she would remain involved in the juvenile justice system, pursing volunteer work in that area. It should be a time for healing. She defended the verdict and said it was made after careful deliberation and that it followed the legal guidelines. Harlins, who was in dark clothing, came into the
"And been the wind in the sails of a political agenda that uses law and order to discipline the working class." Du, then 51, confronted her about it and an argument
I started working at a sewing factory downtown. to invoke that privilege every time Karlin is assigned to a criminal case. The Los Angeles-born writer is the author of five books, which have been translated into 15 languages. healing wont be helped along by Reiners outburst. Joyce Karlin-The trial judge in Du vs Harlins case, Did Mrs. Du react inappropriately? Brenda Stevenson. title. saying: While the presiding judge of the Superior
He came as a motorcycle mechanic. and certainly no basis for a challenge where the judge strove to fulfill her
Soon Ja Du was hysterical, screaming that she was being robbed, that the robber had tried to take money out of the cash register. the weight given to judges. Joyce said this about the sentence This is not a time for rhetoric. Absolutely. The Korean grocer's killing of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins raised tensions in the. fact. Unlike the LAPD officers, Du was convicted of voluntary manslaughter with the jury. Police Chief Daryl Gates, who invented SWAT, retired. she would have imposed the same sentence had she not taken this factor into
Background Checks Business Solutions people phone reverse address City, State or ZIP (Required) Log InSign Up Thats what I thought. They turned around and raced home. ADVERTISEMENT But I did not know that my husband was in the process of filing for immigration; we were dating then. Soon Ja Du (Q43762448) murderer Soonja Du edit Statements instance of human 0 references sex or gender female 0 references country of citizenship Korea 0 references given name Sun-ja 0 references family name Du 0 references date of birth 27 December 1941 1 reference place of birth North Chungcheong Province 1 reference spouse Billy Heung Ki Du Even strangers were made familiar just by hearing that they were also Korean and lead us to open homes the Korean community was hard to find. clearly illegala judge cannot use a sentence as an indirect way to reduce a
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The issue with this journalist is not that he had bad intentions. After all, a video of an immigrant Korean store owner shooting the teenager in the back of her head followed at the heels of the Rodney King incident. Tobar has an MFA in creative writing from UC Irvine and studied at UC Santa Cruz and at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City. gladdened many hearts in the African-American community, it should be noted
Self - Defendant. Yun Jai-Hyoung/Associated Press. Latashas grandmother had asked her to buy some orange juice, and so she obliged. any public credibility whatsoever, Reiner said. decision to seek a writ overturning the sentence. Of course she must have felt the rage that led her to kill, but the action was not justifiable. seconds before the shooting. This comment tends to show the judge was not
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Ja Du is part . account. The incident escalated tensions between Korean-American and black residents of Los Angeles. And I said, No, you cant. In 2020, Netflix released a documentary titled A Love Song for Latasha, celebrating the life of Latasha Harlins. Looking back, it was a hard life. Karlin (since retired from the bench) came under attack in the African-American
The Harlins family was awarded $300,000. In Virginia, we couldnt even rent a room because of racial discrimination And later we realized that they had never seen Asians before. In July, post the 1992 Los Angeles riots, the Harlins family was awarded $300,000 in the settlement. her on five years of probation, on. Steph Cha fictionalizes a real-life event: in 1991, Soon Ja Du, a Korean female convenience store owner, shot and killed Latasha Harlins (in the novel: Ava Matthews), a 15-year-old African American girl. Shinese Harlins-Kilgore, cousin of Latasha Harlins and CEO of the Latasha Harlins Foundation, receives a hug from Lora King, daughter of Rodney King and CEO of the Rodney King Foundation, during the 30th anniversary of the Rodney King Civil Unrest HOPE Community Bus Tour Press conference in Los Angeles. History is also key to truly understanding how we arrived at spring 1992, according to Kelley. "Let It Fall: LA 1982-1992," an ABC News documentary television event, airs April 28 at 9 p.m. (8 p.m. central), marking the 25th anniversary of the L.A. uprising. "These cases really play out in the public in tandem with one another," says Brenda Stevenson, a UCLA professor who wrote a book about the Latasha Harlins' case, "almost as if they were parallel." This city of good feeling, of tolerance and progress and loving thy neighbor, was also a city that shunned and starved and killed its own. It kind of depends on who's telling the story and what the story is. Soon Ja Du is a Korean woman who co-owned the Empire Liquor Store in Vermont Vista, Los Angeles. Soon Ja Du testified on her own behalf, and she claimed that she shot Harlins in self-defence as she believed that her life was in danger. Because of the tension around the killing of Latasha Harlins and so much damage in Koreatown, a narrative quickly took over in the media that the LA riots were about inter-ethnic tensions. There was an altercation. The store was owned and operated by a Korean woman named Soon Ja Du and her family. I think that it was. Karlin added, this is not a time for revengeand no matter what sentence this court imposes Mrs. Du will be punished every day for the rest of her life.. That day, I only watched the television and felt ill at ease, but still thought that it would never come to my house. newspaper aimed at the the African-American community, says of Reiners
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"It's not only African Americans and Korean Americans," Park says. "When the detectives knocked on the door and told my grandmother it was just like your heart trying to grab a beat back," her cousin Shinese Harlins says. Park doesn't discount tensions between Korean Americans and Black people at the time or even now but she thinks that is in part a failure of education, "because Korean immigrant merchants, they are not exposed to African American history and their struggles," she says, and vice versa. Her father was a doctor, and her mother was a nurse. As Du was guilty of voluntary manslaughter, the jury recommended the maximum prison sentence for the crime, which was 16 years. So he was very enraged and convinced that he had to go out and combat. Thankfully I lived without conflict until then. manslaughter. However, Joyce Karlin, the trial judge, did not approve the jurys recommendation and instead sentenced Du to five years of probation, 400 hours of community service, and a $500 fine. The short documentary, A Love Song For Latasha, also covers this story, and in this article, we take a look at the judge who ruled over the case. . Her sentence seemed to have the opposite effect, however; she became the target of protests and an unsuccessful recall campaign. Charles Lloyd, the Black attorney who defended
Jung Hui Lee spoke to "Let It Fall: LA 1982-1999," an ABC News documentary, about the riots that followed the Rodney King beating verdict. In 1992, Karlin was the only one of 82 Superior Court judges to face electoral opposition. In the beginning, we brought our son to work. As she looked around at the faces of her family, she realized it was her dad. condition that she pay
. own political career through denigration of some other office-holder, posing as
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Bryant and Harlins, like so many Black girls in America, have had their . 100-page writ petition in the Court of Appeal for this district. terrible, said Lloyd, who believes the announcement is politically motivated
There has been some change, like a concerted effort to heal the wounds between the Black and Korean American community that's work the Harlins family has been deeply involved in. order to show cause why a writ should not be granted. "Rodney King is not the first Rodney King," says Lora King. A policeman, a soldier, he always wanted to become one. Park notes that it wasn't a Korean judge who gave a lenient sentence in the killing of Latasha Williams. A Korean-born merchant,. To add, in that same year, 2 Korean store owners had been shot dead from black ppl in their store. I feel that way about the entire country let's get that straight. The case of Soon Ja Du,. basis. She had a knack for working with attorneys, social workers and the staff, and for dealing with abused, battered and neglected children.. Lora King thought she was watching her father die. It was her father's unmistakable smile. In 1964, the couple welcomed their first child, a boy named Pranck (aged 57 years; as of 2021). communities, and some African-Americans have wondered why they are unable to
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Soon Ja Du started off working as a couch assembler, and then, turned into a crotchetier in a garment factory, St. John Knits. uncomfortable suspicion of a politician trying to use a communitys collective
be precipititous. But from their perspective, Koreans did not seem to have suffered much, yet came to their neighborhood and made easy money and became well off. It was at a press conference that Reiner announced his
Her father may have been the subject of the first viral video of police violence, but he was not the last. Div. the time of sentencing reveals with certainty that Karlin was of such mind that
Interview: Carol Park was a Korean American child working in her mother's gas station. miscarriage of justice and swore to keep Karlina former prosecutor made a
Latasha Harlins ( East St. Louis, 14 de julho de 1975 - Los Angeles, 16 de maro de 1991) foi uma afro-americana de 15 anos de idade que foi fatalmente assassinada a tiros por Soon Ja Du, uma mulher coreana de 51 anos de idade, dona de uma loja de convenincia. It certainly shows up in the criminal justice system Asians get hit with this image of quietness and meekness and politeness, whereas black people get hit with "you're angry," "you're violent." Lora King, daughter of Rodney King and CEO of the Rodney King Foundation, and her son, Raymond Price, 2, exit a tour bus before the start of the press conference. After I gave birth to my son, I was very happyWhen [Eddie] was first born, I saw other Korean women having baby-sitters, and I didn't think it was appropriate to have others take care of my baby. Also, Soon Ja Du had experienced theft from black ppl at her store multiple times before the killing of Latasha. A taut novel that explores Korean and Black racial tensions that arose amidst the LA race riots of 1992. Videotape of the incident was broadcast over and over again nationwide, both because of the horror over what had happened and the new reality of a 24-hour news cycle that played out in real-time on cable TV, but just two weeks after that beating on March 16th, Korean American business owner, Soon Ja Du shot and killed 15-year-old Latasha . shooting was captured on the stores surveillance tape and widely shown by the
National Guardsmen and a police officer take up security positions in front of a burned and looted shopping center, May 1, 1992, in central Los Angeles. requires incarceration, she found three factors rendering the case an unusual
The life was in another word, I felt like we were not treated as human beings. Exactly one week later the verdict came back for the four officers in Rodney King's case: Not Guilty. Soon Ja Du and her husband joined the Valley Korean Central Presbyterian Church in North Hills, Los Angeles, and even became the deacon and deaconess there. ensued, which led to punches being thrown. Even though Soon Ja Du, the accused, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, the judge gave her a very lenient sentence: a $500 fine, 400 hours of community service, and 5 years of probation with no jail time. He has also worked as features editor at the LA Weekly and as editor of the bilingual San Francisco magazine El Tecolote. Reiner said he will order his staff
challenger had declared candidacy, setting forth in its editorial: Inherent in our endorsement of Karlin is the
Lora King has a role in it, as Harlins' guidance counselor, because the families are connected. Ira Reiner is only bringing more heat to an already overheated murder
Karlin found that Du overreacted, but that her
A store video camera captured the incident, which came just two weeks after LAPD officers were videotaped beating Rodney G. King. 51-year-old Korean-born female store owner Soon Ja Du shot 15-year-old Harlin in the back of the head in 1991. But our voice was so faint because the Korean community was very small. The mother said this about her candidacy My recent experience on City Council gives me a unique opportunity to bridge any gap, if there is one, between the city and the School District. Considering that Joyce gave a stricter sentence to a man from Glendale for kicking a dog, Dus punishment seemed like a farce to many. She now usesthough she didnt thenthe surname of her husband,
So he was very active even in his thoughts and preferred being outside over studying at a desk. MetNews reports: on Dec. 23, before any
Now that I think about it, our kids at our work -- well, even cleaning during night hours was a work for us -- at times, we brought our kids, and what I regret to this day is, having worked even a third job. Du was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter over the killing of Harlins, based in part on security camera footage. They were bound together not just by timing, she says, but by the understanding in the community that these things happened to both King and Harlins because they were Black. Soon Ja Du claimed that she was in fear for her life when she shot Latasha Harlins in the back of the head. Gabriella Angotti-Jones/for NPR On November 15, 1991, Soon Ja Du was convicted for voluntary manslaughter and was potentially facing up to 16 years behind bars for the incident. All Korean small business owners are stand-ins for Soon Ja Du, a Los Angeles convenience store owner who in 1991 killed Black customer Latasha Harlins, after a struggle in the store over a suspected shoplifting. : Made In America. decision to seek a writ overturning the sentence. On March 16, 1991, Du was at the liquor store in place of her son, who had recently been threatened at the store by local gang members. $500 to the restitution fund, reimburse the girls family for medical and
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