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In 1991, 15-year-old Latasha Harlins, a Black teen, went into a Los Angeles convenience store to purchase a bottle of orange juice. Moments later, the teenage girl lay bleeding on the floor from a gunshot to the back of her head. 

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Episode Source List:

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/1769555.html 

https://www.latashaharlinsfoundation.org/bio 

https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-0318-latasha-harlins-20160318-story.html   

https://storycorps.org/stories/she-had-dreams-in-life-a-remembrance-of-latasha-harlins/

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/29/1095444468/storycorps-remembering-15-year-old-latasha-harlins 

https://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/la_riot/article/0,28804,1614117_1614084_1614514,00.html 

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/harlins-latasha-1975-1991/ 

https://abc7.com/latasha-harlins-mural-park-a-love-song-for/9358428/ 

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/park-playground-renamed-for-latasha-harlins-anger-over-her-killing-contributed-la-riots-1992/    

A Love Song for Latasha. Dir. Sophia Nahlu Allison. Netflix. 2020.