Mexican Americans and other people of color faced harassment and mistreatment from the LAPD during the mid 40s as well as into the 50s. This episode touches upon the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots, as well as the Bloody Christmas beatings in which officers battered several Mexican American inmates in an LA County jail.

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