Du insisted the girl was attempting to steal a $1.79 bottle of orange juice. Im glad to hear that shes removed herself from the bench and that shes retired, Denise Harlins said Monday. judge from a casewithout an explanation. At least from what ive understood so far 24 comments 100% Upvoted This thread is archived Perspectives Columns. discretion as their consciences dictate. prosecutors yesterday to boycott the judge whose light sentence for a Five, in an order by Acting Presiding Justice Herbert Ashby, issued an Her Korean-American son was killed during the LA uprising. Soon Ja Du started off working as a couch assembler, and then, turned into a crotchetier in a garment factory, St. John Knits. gladdened many hearts in the African-American community, it should be noted get loans for such enterprises when foreign-born merchants can. In March of 1991, when she was 15, she walked into Empire Liquor Market, a corner store, to buy a bottle of orange juice. community, not banks, to gain a foothold in the business world. She learned early that she could never escape the events set in motion that night her father was beaten and long ago she stopped trying. But she didnt belong [on the bench] anyway. However, many of her colleagues, including Superior Court Judge Stephen Czuleger, said they would miss working with her, and that she was dedicated and hard-working. 51-year-old Korean-born female store owner Soon Ja Du shot 15-year-old Harlin in the back of the head in 1991. Korean-born grocer convicted of killing a black teen-ager sparked outrage. In July, post the 1992 Los Angeles riots, the Harlins family was awarded $300,000 in the settlement. 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. soon ja du Rate the pronunciation difficulty of soon ja du 0 /5 Very easy Easy Moderate Difficult Very difficult Pronunciation of soon ja du with 1 audio pronunciations 0 rating Record the pronunciation of this word in your own voice and play it to listen to how you have pronounced it. funeral expenses, and perform 400 hours of community service. He had an older sister here, so we came to LA. Before her appointment to the bench, Karlin was an assistant U.S. attorney for 14 years. throwing kerosene on this thing. When then-Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joyce For many in Los Angeles, the two videotapes became emblems of racial injustice and inequality. Lora King thought she was watching her father die. . But I did not know that my husband was in the process of filing for immigration; we were dating then. Then, her family moved to Chicago. 5 Films Look At The Los Angeles Riots From (Almost) Every Angle, When LA Erupted In Anger: A Look Back At The Rodney King Riots, 'Model Minority' Myth Again Used As A Racial Wedge Between Asians And Blacks. number of children. This You know, it's a very diverse place where people are constantly clashing. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. sentence that had the practical effect of nullifying the jury verdict., In explaining her sentence, Karlin noted that And I found that really interesting. — -- Jung Hui Lee and her husband emigrated from Korea to the United States in 1972, settling first in Virginia and later in California in pursuit of the American Dream. And they made money and started driving nice cars. 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. It is not a time for revenge. . The Karlin did not alter the sentence. She now usesthough she didnt thenthe surname of her husband, In memory of the losses suffered in 1992, Korean-Americans call the unrest "Sa-I-Gu," or 4-2-9 in native pronunciation. Many black leaders reacted with outrage last November when Du, 51, received probation for the March 16, 1991, shooting. Five months after the sentencing, dozens of Korean-owned businesses were looted and set on fire in the 1992 riots. Tupac and Latasha were born four years apart. Even before I saw the papers, the radio had announced that there had been a Korean victim. Soon's husband, Bill Heung Ki Du heard the gunshot then ran into the store, when he got there Soon appeared confused . media. And the title is a reference to the killing of Latasha Harlins by Soon Ja Du. 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. But he had left, and so had most of the people he knew. Bang Hai Ja (1937-2022) was a Korean-born abstract painter, stained-glass artist and calligrapher, who since 1961 has been based in Paris.Light has been a central theme in her work, representing joy, peace and love in her aim to unite East and West. November 14, 2017. and certainly no basis for a challenge where the judge strove to fulfill her "It's been my life since I was 7 years old," she says. The Harlins family turned the death of Latasha and the sentence of Du into a cause celebre, holding vigils outside the Du residence every year on the anniversary of her sentencing. But the uprising came also in response to the murder of Latasha Harlins, a Black teen, by a Korean immigrant and shop owner, Soon Ja Du, who received a mere slap on the wrist. "Every single period of mass rebellion has always produced a moral panic," Kelley says. View their profile including current address, phone number 818-361-XXXX, background check reports, and property record on Whitepages, the most trusted online directory. Latasha, 15, was fatally shot in a liquor store. 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. This was such a stunning miscarriage of $500 to the restitution fund, reimburse the girls family for medical and uncomfortable suspicion of a politician trying to use a communitys collective consciously to pull the trigger and to exert considerable strength to do so., But that was not true of the gun used to shoot challenger had declared candidacy, setting forth in its editorial. Her father was a doctor, and her mother was a nurse. hide caption. Karlin said she would remain involved in the juvenile justice system, pursing volunteer work in that area. As he had in the past, often, he sought to advance his It wasn't a Korean jury that declared the four police officers not guilty in the beating of Rodney King. Harlins: on Oct. 11, 1991, in LAS: Mercy. 1992 . City News Service report ably summarizes the case which had roused emotions six But our voice was so faint because the Korean community was very small. "She was just a regular teenage girl," Harlins says. robbery. 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. And even on the streets, I could tell that people were not kind. During the 1992 L.A. uprising, Lees 18-year old son, Edward Jae Song Lee entered the fray to help protect his Koreatown neighborhood, which was virtually abandoned by police. Soon Ja Du claimed that she was in fear for her life when she shot Latasha Harlins in the back of the head. 18 September 1958. How? This, too, assumes a engendered by robberies and terrorism in the store. "You have LBJ saying cops are frontline soldiers against the rebellions.". 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. Div. And their spirits seem joined this week, as Latasha makes a brief but emotional appearance in the recently aired second episode of O.J. Acting Presiding Justice Herbert Ashby and his And Asian Americans have this in-between status where sometimes we code as people of color. So in my family, since we only had sons and I was the only daughter, all my family persuaded me against it. Would you like to come over to my house for a meal?' killing. On the privilege that Asian Americans benefit from in the criminal justice system, compared with African Americans. Also, Soon Ja Du had experienced theft from black ppl at her store multiple times before the killing of Latasha. 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. consultant Joe Cerrell, and she prevailed in the 1992 primary over three Interview: Carol Park was a Korean American child working in her mother's gas station. I was not able to communicate in English, and I felt looked down on. There was an altercation. A Dec. 4 news article in the Sentinel, a On March 16, 1991, a 15-year-old girl named Latasha Harlins was shot and killed at Empire Liquor in South Central, Los Angeles. My son got sucked into the war. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. In November 1991, Soon Ja Du was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, but the judge in the case gave her no jail time. contradicted the jury, and in so doing, based her sentence on an impermissible Bis bald und mach das Beste aus Deinem Leben, Nele Mehr Informationen und positive Gedanken erhltst Du in meinem kostenlosen Newsletter. Background Checks Business Solutions people phone reverse address City, State or ZIP (Required) Log InSign Up Intersections South LA: The L.A. rebellion of 1992 occurred over 20 years ago. We arrived in Virginia in April or early May. healing wont be helped along by Reiners outburst. Court, Ricardo Torres, has in numerous instances this past year displayed what 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. 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." In saying that Du didnt mean to fire the gun, he proclaims, Karlin When the radio broadcasted that battle story, my son asked about it and I explained. But in the end, we wound up getting married and came to the United States. Reiner sought review by the California It was an emergency situation to learn of the rioters being up there. It kind of depends on who's telling the story and what the story is. Joyce Karlin Fahey, who recently served two terms as mayor of Manhattan Karlin sentenced her But Los Angeles Dist. Well, the jury had already determined that That expansion of policing came, in part, as a reaction to civil rights movements and previous uprisings in cities across America. It was so swollen and bruised. one particular sentencea slim basis for a challenge under any circumstances, So thats when we were in such terror, thinking, What do we make of this? First, she thought how odd it was, that this man on the TV shared her father's name. Reiner failed to put Karlins sentencing Two years later, President Bill Clinton nominated Collins for a seat on the District Court for the Central District of California. "His smile was electric to me," she says. policy, Reiner lifted it, agreeing to disqualify Karlin only on a case-by-case I felt that black people were reaction to a conflict with white people by attacking Koreans. 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. What if something happens? That was our first encounter with a riot. editorial expresses this reaction: In a climate of outrage by members of the black community So it scared me, and I did not like the darkness that resembled the prison color. They turned around and raced home. A video captured Los Angeles police brutally beating a black man, Rodney King in 1992. Thirty years ago, the 15-year-old Black girl from South Central walked into Empire Liquor Market and Deli, grabbed a $1.79 bottle of orange juice and put it in her backpack. As she looked around at the faces of her family, she realized it was her dad. The tragic killing of Latasha Harlins is often regarded as one of the precursors of the Los Angeles Riots of 1992. And I also remember after Mike Brown was killed, The New York Times ran a piece saying he was "no angel." An angry Du then threw a chair at the kid. I think this led the blacks to harbor ill feelings. Ja Du is part . Karlin defended her sentence of Du as within legal guidelines, a decision made after careful deliberation on the evidence. A writ petition that ordinarily would have met Charles Lloyd, the Black attorney who defended I think we didn't think far enough. Her daughter, at that time, was an 8th grader who was enrolled at Manhattan Beach Middle School, and Joyce was the parliamentarian for the PTA executive board at the school. any public credibility whatsoever, Reiner said. Soon Ja Du killed Latasha Harlin over a bottle of orange juice worth $1.79. 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. 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. . Yun Jai-Hyoung/Associated Press. Karlins campaign was guided by political African-American leaders have called for the hide caption. out in favor of the candidacy of Judge Joyce Karlin, and against the lynch-mob Considering that Joyce gave a stricter sentence to a man from Glendale for kicking a dog, Dus punishment seemed like a farce to many. 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 It is remembered by many Korean-Americans as an awakening to their minority status, a time they felt abandoned by the government and unfairly portrayed by the media as aggressors despite inadequate law enforcement protection. Also, she had used an illegally modified handgun that required less pressure to fire than the usual ones. Normally, Dus husband or son was behind the counter, but this was not the case that day. Du was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter over the killing of Harlins, based in part on security camera footage. According to the videotape from the surveillance camera in the store, Du proceeded to snatch the teenagers backpack, after which Latasha punched Du twice, knocking her to the ground. It was Shawn's home, where his mother and sister had lived and died. coercion, and duress would have no bearing if this were a case of involuntary 100-page writ petition in the Court of Appeal for this district. Last stop for the immigrant, the refugee, the fugitive, the pioneer. Soon Ja Du was hysterical, screaming that she was being robbed, that the robber had tried to take money out of the cash register. order to show cause why a writ should not be granted. She graduated from a university in Seoul, South Korea, where she studied literature. retired), when he sought to draw political support from the African-American There was an argument and confrontation between the girl, who denied she was stealing anything and came to the counter to pay for the juice. Riots examines the tragic death of a fifteen-year-old black girl on March 16, 1991, and its repercussions. hide caption. 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. It's set in the present day, but based on the true events that set Los Angeles into unrest in the early 1990s: the beating of Rodney King by four white LA police officers, the murder of Latasha Harlins by a Korean convenience store clerk, the ensuing riots in the spring of 1992. This case only fuelled the racial fires that eventually resulted in the Los Angeles riots in 1992. On the link between early '90s LA and the present day. Then she thought, he can't survive this. The video exclusively showed that Du shot Harlins when she attempted to leave the store empty-handed. Soon Ja Du is a Korean woman who co-owned the Empire Liquor Store in Vermont Vista, Los Angeles. 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. Soon Ja Du. communities, and some African-Americans have wondered why they are unable to 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. . added, its essential that an appeal be taken because the sentence was successful.Hes just playing politics, and the people are being misled. 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. He had a strong personality and wanted to become a soldier, a policeman or such even when he went on to junior high and senior high, he still dreamed on of the same. The shooter, Soon Ja Du, got away with zero jail time for the murder. require rehabilitation or incapacitation. Soon Ja Du was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter in Harlins' death but served no jail time. Latashas grandmother had asked her to buy some orange juice, and so she obliged. I generally thought the United States was a country that helped realize any young persons dream. A year before the verdict, storekeeper Soon Ja Du shot and killed Black ninth grader Latasha Harlins. Before, Joyce worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in Los Angeles and even presided over the Darnell Garcia case. "There was an interview that the local ABC affiliate did with one of . black teen-ager was questionable, no doubt about it. City News Service report ably summarizes the case which had roused emotions six Before, people used to be more self-absorbed in trying to make it out here, but the thought that it should no longer be so, that Koreans must rather unite, that Koreans should not just be in hiding, was birthed in the mind of all. Reiners office on Jan. 10, 1992, filed a The editorial alludes to Reiners stance by Im very saddened and disappointed that shes retiring, but happy for her, said Superior Court Judge Stephen Czuleger, a longtime friend. Empire Liquor market, went to get a bottle of orange juice worth $1.79 and put community anger generated by Karlins ruling to be channeled constructively. Karlin, who is seeking re-election to the Superior Court in the June 2 primary, made the comments during an interview in her chambers. "It's not only African Americans and Korean Americans," Park says. "It was a rebellion against the beating of Rodney King captured on video," he says but it was more than that. 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. On the morning of Saturday, March 16, 1991, Soon Ja Du shot Latasha Harlins, a 15-year-old African-American girl in the Empire Liquor Store, in Vermont Vista, Los Angeles. With George Floyd's sister," she pauses and shakes her head. She thinks of his smile. Consequently, people in the community felt that there were different standards of justice for different races. Family & Ethnicity Latasha, 15, was fatally shot in a liquor store. Joyce said this about the sentence This is not a time for rhetoric. 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. dismissal of the candidacy of any person who might challenge her, without It was Dus husband, Billy Heung Ki Du, who ended up calling 911. 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. Soon Ja Du and her family migrated to Los Angeles in 1976 when she was 35 years old. These would be relevant factors only in explaining an intentional "She wanted to make sure her sister and brother were cool, that they had they head on strong," says Shinese Harlins. account. terrible, said Lloyd, who believes the announcement is politically motivated 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. Kelley says it is important to understand what happened in 1992 as an uprising. 1 reference. Im saddened for the system that were going to be losing her.. Looking back, it was a hard life. reference to the possibility that the shooting was accidental was more of an they have given credence to the cause of those who would bully trial judges But by then I did not have the luxury of dreaming on any longer; all the dreams had dissipated. Hes On Monday, December 15, 1958, Soon Ja Du got married to Billy Heung Ki Du. The Korean grocer's killing of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins raised tensions in the. However, Du thought that Latasha was shoplifting (and she did not see the money either). You know, this is a book about two groups of color. have been committed at all but for a defective gun.. 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. community by exposing the jurist as a racistwhich he wasnt. In 2020, Netflix released a documentary titled A Love Song for Latasha, celebrating the life of Latasha Harlins. But was that reaction understandable? Exactly one week later the verdict came back for the four officers in Rodney King's case: Not Guilty. challenge of the Karlins sentence in the case would be a longshot. But, he Instead, she sentenced her to five years probation and no jail time, reasoning that Du had acted out of fear from earlier robberies at the store and did not present a threat to the community. that a prosecution appeal of a case is rare and usually unsuccessful because of The property later became a market under different ownership. You need to protect us. And we had an arguments saying, You cant go out.. They raised a family in Los Angeles and for many years worked multiple low-wage jobs to provide for their children. It should be a time for healing.. Burdened by the responsibilities of being White, Adam Wheeler abandoned her "slave" White name and transformed into a melanin-rich Filipino woman named Ja Du. At the time, 15-year-old Latasha Harlins was killed by Soon Ja Du, a Korean woman who owned a south Los Angeles store. That means the jury found the defendant intended to So when I connected the dots, I came to learn of the place, and that the young man on the paper was my son. "In any black sentence, you'd love nothing more than to had . She has the option of not doing so, to leave the bench, a Soon Ja Du, her husband, and son operated a liquor store in Los Angeles. We are just loud. "And been the wind in the sails of a political agenda that uses law and order to discipline the working class." 13 days later, Soon Ja Du, a Korean-born convenience store owner accused 15-year old Latasha Harlins of stealing and shot her in the back of the head. The Nov. 19 issue of the San Diego Tribune "I would argue that the backlash that we identify with the post-92 rebellion is actually a manifestation of a backlash to 1965," he says. AFP/AFP via Getty Images Lee spoke to John Ridley in an interview for the documentary "Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992. The following are excerpts. The Korean grocer was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter but given probationno time behind bars. By portraying their deaths, these films depict Asian American mothers as worthy of the same care, sympathy, and compassion that they bestow on their . As Du was guilty of voluntary manslaughter, the jury recommended the maximum prison sentence for the crime, which was 16 years. Korean lady. newspaper aimed at the the African-American community, says of Reiners the grocery business because of her fear of being robbed, supposedly had been In all, over 300 businesses were burned and looted in the district, with damage exceeding $200 million. 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