It was an emergency situation to learn of the rioters being up there. It wasn't a Korean jury that declared the four police officers not guilty in the beating of Rodney King. She was terrified, until the man smiled. He came as a motorcycle mechanic. You know, it's a very diverse place where people are constantly clashing. [Karlin] could have [ordered] a new trial, or That, I still regret it. Soon Ja Du with her husband Billy Heung Ki Du. . This is something that I wanted to address too. "There was an interview that the local ABC affiliate did with one of . Thirteen days after the Rodney King beating a 15-year-old black girl named Latasha Harlins was shot in the back of the head by a Korean shopkeeper who accused her of shoplifting. In 1974, Joyce graduated fromLoyola University Chicago School of Law. When all was said and done, Soon Ja Du was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, but the judge in the case ordered a sentence of only five years probation, 400 hours of community service, and a $500 fine. I was not able to communicate in English, and I felt looked down on. These would be relevant factors only in explaining an intentional verdict.. But by then I did not have the luxury of dreaming on any longer; all the dreams had dissipated. A jury found the shopkeeper guilty of involuntary manslaughter, but the judge gave her 5 years probation without jail time. Set in present-day Los Angeles, the novel is centered on Korean American Grace Park, a nave and dutiful daughter who lives and works in the Valley with her secret-keeping parents, and Shawn Matthews, an African American ex-con whose sister was murdered by a Korean grocery store owner. Interview: Carol Park was a Korean American child working in her mother's gas station. 100-page writ petition in the Court of Appeal for this district. On April 22, 1992, an appeals court upheld that ruling. Koreans made money in black neighborhoods, lived in white neighborhoods, drove nice cars; even I would have been jealous of this And with the money they earned there, they should have served the community back, but they didnt. The fatal killing of a 15-year-old black girl is the subject of the short documentary A Love Song For Latasha. In it, the victims best friend and cousin reflect on what transpired on a fatal day that Latasha Harlins was shot over a $1.79 bottle of orange juice. And it's really disheartening, and yet I understand why it's done because somehow there is more attention paid to these victims when they were going to go to college or they were good children who obeyed their parents and finished high school. aside than a pivotal determination. hide caption. Its hide caption. questions about whether the defendant intended to kill the girl. Du was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter in Harlins' death, who was killed two weeks after Rodney King's beating. Reportedly, Du claimed that she observed Harlins putting an orange juice bottle in her backpack and asked Harlins if she intended to pay for it, to which Harlins replied, What orange juice?. Therefore, Du grabbed Harlins by her sweater, accused her of stealing, and snatched her backpack. connection with the fatal shooting the previous March 16. Harlins supposedly threatened to Thats when it went through my head to do something, though I didnt know what. This tragic killing would also light the spark for the racial violence that was witnessed in LA in 1992, which resulted in more than 50 deaths and humongous property damage. 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. The end of the frontier, land of sunshine, promised land. $500 to the restitution fund, reimburse the girls family for medical and consciously to pull the trigger and to exert considerable strength to do so., But that was not true of the gun used to shoot perfectly legalbut is it wise? Later, it was discovered he was shot by another Korean-American by mistake. LAS: Mercy. the jurys determination, and substitute her own judgmentfor provocation, I have a bond with Sandra Bland's sister. "Oh man, I can go on and on. Beach, is now a mediator. My husband came as a skilled worker immigrant. I need a reflection paper on LATASHA HARLINS, SOON JA DU, AND JOYCE. On April 30, 1992 Edward was fatally shot by crossfire. Rodney King survived that beating, but his daughter says he carried its scars until he died in 2012. one particular sentencea slim basis for a challenge under any circumstances, regard to the qualifications of that yet-to-emerge soul. Thats what I thought. convicted of voluntary manslaughter of a 15-year black girl suspected of Bryant and Harlins, like so many Black girls in America, have had their . Tobar was The Times bureau chief in Mexico City and Buenos Aires and was part of the reporting team that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the 1992 L.A. riots. The death of Latasha came only 13 . You know, this is a book about two groups of color. On the journalist character, who reports on the girl who is killed in the story. Latasha put the bottle of orange juice on the counter and was preparing to leave the store. In Korea, I met my husband. The Korean grocer's killing of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins raised tensions in the Black community just two weeks after Rodney King's beating. In 1991, Harlins, 15, and Soon Ja Du, 51, got into an altercation over a bottle of orange juice inside Du's Empire Liquor in South Los Angeles. Well, the jury had already determined that After the smoke cleared and the bodies were buried, there was talk about police reform and community policing and changes at LAPD in 1992. I was full of hopes. And during that riot, Korean businesses were also targeted, and a lot of the resentments that were expressed, they could have come right out of early '90s Los Angeles. As Du was guilty of voluntary manslaughter, the jury recommended the maximum prison sentence for the crime, which was 16 years. I feel that way about the entire country let's get that straight. Because had that incident not occurred, my son might not have died. have been committed at all but for a defective gun.. Two years later, President Bill Clinton nominated Collins for a seat on the District Court for the Central District of California. Shinese Harlins says her mother put out a fire that someone started at Empire Liquors, the store owned by Soon Ja Du and her family. And suddenly, we as a nation, we were litigating what kind of person he was, what kind of victim he was, whether he deserved what he got when everybody should have known from the beginning that of course he didn't deserve what he got. 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. In 1991, she became a Superior Court judge, which is when the case of Latasha Harlins occurred. and having the county counsel argue the validity of her action. 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. Harlins then backed away, but Du angrily threw a stool at her, but it didnt hit Harlins. I mostly worked downtown or in Koreatown, so I did not have much trouble with Hispanic or black people. Five, in an order by Acting Presiding Justice Herbert Ashby, issued an In this article, we take a look at the incident, and how it paved the way for those racial tensions that eventually burned LA in the 1992 riots. Soon Ja Du (born 1940), South Korean-born American convenience store owner Jeong Sun-ja (born 1947), South Korean diver Kim Sun-ja (athlete) (born 1966), South Korean sprinter Lee Soon-ja (born 1939), South Korean former first lady, wife of Chun Doo-hwan Lee Sun-ja (born 1978), South Korean sprint canoer This was such a stunning miscarriage of re-election battle and has become increasingly vocal on a number of major 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. Her sentence seemed to have the opposite effect, however; she became the target of protests and an unsuccessful recall campaign. Karlin (since retired from the bench) came under attack in the African-American grief for his own ends.. Karlin and Dus son also attended that ceremony. Du accused the teenager of stealing a bottle of orange juice. She was walking to the liquor store with her sister and when they got there, it was on fire. The decision caused outrage in Los Angeles and a large number of Korean-owned businesses were attacked. And in the black neighborhoods This is something I heard later in the media. Then, her family moved to Chicago. We arrived in Virginia in April or early May. they have given credence to the cause of those who would bully trial judges gladdened many hearts in the African-American community, it should be noted My husbands income alone was not enough for us to get by I think he was paid $2 an hour. provocation, coercion, and duress.. A store video camera captured the incident, which came just two weeks after LAPD officers were videotaped beating Rodney G. King. So we said amongst ourselves that this shouldnt be. it had been rigged by another employee to fire quickly in the event of a Ira Reiner is only bringing more heat to an already overheated murder Karlin did not alter the sentence. Reiner Mounts Assault on Judge Joyce Karlin Over Sentencing of The editorial alludes to Reiners stance by On Feb. 10, Hes And so I can see it happening in LA I mean, but I can also see it happening in any major city. I'm a writer. It was her father's unmistakable smile. In so doing, they have more severely Karlin, who is seeking re-election to the Superior Court in the June 2 primary, made the comments during an interview in her chambers. So he thought all that we had amassed, although not a lot, was about to disappear. Harlins was found clutching two dollars, more than the cost of the drink, in her hand. Soon Ja Du was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter in Harlins' death but served no jail time. In memory of the losses suffered in 1992, Korean-Americans call the unrest "Sa-I-Gu," or 4-2-9 in native pronunciation. remark out of context, a fact that was generally grasped. 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 . Even so, a reading of the entire discourse at Just being part of the same community with her, and knowing that she is a Korean woman who lives in Los Angeles, and that there is a high chance that I went to church with someone who went to church with her there's something about being part of a minority group or a tight-knit ethnic group in America that kind of makes you adopt these group emotions And I think this is something that is common to people in minority groups that you feel anger as a group, or you feel grief, or shame. And Asian Americans have this in-between status where sometimes we code as people of color. "It was a rebellion against the beating of Rodney King captured on video," he says but it was more than that. Dus testimony was contradicted by the two eye-witnesses and the video which was revived from the store security camera. Los Angeles, this was supposed to be it. justice that Judge (Joyce) Karlin cannot continue to hear criminal cases with Korean-born grocer convicted of killing a black teen-ager sparked outrage. For African Americans, the sentence that was given to her was . Chantal Desnoyers met Charles when they were both teenagers and soon began dating. 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? However, many felt that the court was lenient with Soon Ja Du only because of her race. It was Dus husband, Billy Heung Ki Du, who ended up calling 911. He left in September 2014. Gabriella Angotti-Jones/for NPR Copyright 2010, Metropolitan News Company, MetNews However, it was close to Latashas house and so she went there. 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. "In any black sentence, you'd love nothing more than to had . That is years earlier involving shopkeeper Soon Ja Du and the slain girl, Latasha --- Vielen Dank an Frau Dr. Schiffmann fr das ausfhrliche Interview und auch an Prof. Heesen, die Deutsche Hirnstiftung und alle anderen Beteiligten fr die investierte Zeit in die Patientenleitlinie! In a written statement, Karlin, 46, now a judge in Juvenile Dependency Court, said she was ending her seven-year judicial career to spend more time with her family. his assault on a Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner, Daniel Calabro (since We earned about $300-400 combined. Du Soonja shooting at the back of the girl leaving [the store] its 100 percent the womans fault.I only knew that Du Soonja was beat up by Harlins and had a black eye. But I did not know that my husband was in the process of filing for immigration; we were dating then. sentence. After Latasha Harlins' mother died, her grandmother took her and her younger siblings in, and Latasha helped raise them too. Absolutely. added, its essential that an appeal be taken because the sentence was In a written statement, Karlin, 46, now a judge in Juvenile Dependency Court, said she was ending her seven-year judicial career to spend more time with her family. Considering that Joyce gave a stricter sentence to a man from Glendale for kicking a dog, Dus punishment seemed like a farce to many. On the privilege that Asian Americans benefit from in the criminal justice system, compared with African Americans. any public credibility whatsoever, Reiner said. 1 reference. Hide Archive footage (2 credits) 2017 The Nineties (TV Mini Series documentary) Self - Defendant. Joyce Ann Karlin was born on January 5, 1951, in Caracas,Venezuela. title. One of them was the shooting of Black teenager Latasha Harlins by a Korean American store owner. Im very saddened and disappointed that shes retiring, but happy for her, said Superior Court Judge Stephen Czuleger, a longtime friend. In 1991, Harlins was shot and killed in a liquor store, the Korean store. As he had in the past, often, he sought to advance his She has the option of not doing so, This one came from inside Empire Liquors, capturing a Korean American grocer, Soon Ja Du, shooting 15-year-old Latasha Harlins in the back of the head. 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. I think that event led Koreans to a different thinking. The cashier, a woman named Soon Ja Du, accused her of shoplifting. 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. Harlins, who was in dark clothing, came into the The Harlins family was awarded $300,000. 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. Taken in context, it is clear that Karlins His way of thinking was more mature than of his peers. People talked of a possible riot, rising up, led by blacks.The word spread through calls, so we closed the stores and came home. Perspectives Columns. She didnt do nothing!. voluntary manslaughter. It is unmistakable that in the absence of She could have been sentenced to 16 years in prison, but the judge placed her. Joyce said this about the sentence This is not a time for rhetoric. decision in perspective. The Los Angeles Police Department ballistics report also stated that the handgun used by Du was altered in such a way that it required much less pressure on the trigger to fire than an ordinary handgun. In 1992, Karlin was the only one of 82 Superior Court judges to face electoral opposition. 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. Cell phones opened the floodgates. title. on Nov. 15 to 10 years in state prison, but suspended the sentence and placed My son was shot by someone who had fired from the roof, and it turned out that the people on the roof werent blacks, but Koreans. What if something happens? That was our first encounter with a riot. Soon Ja Du was hysterical, screaming that she was being robbed, that the robber had tried to take money out of the cash register. over the leniency shown Du, the publicityseeking, vote-coveting demagogue whos Words were exchanged. seeking the writ. It is true that the appeals court has not hide caption. years earlier involving shopkeeper Soon Ja Du and the slain girl, Latasha Judge John Henning, a colleague, described Karlin as a hard-working and dedicated jurist who relished working with children. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? discretion as their consciences dictate. Latashas aunt, Denise Harlins, said, It was like a knife going through my heart. " 'He can appeal, but he won't be successful..He's just playing politics, and the people are being misled. Karlin defended her sentence of Du as within legal guidelines, a decision made after careful deliberation on the evidence. Du was convicted by a jury on Oct. 11, 1991, in Self - Defendant. "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." Also, Soon Ja Du had experienced theft from black ppl at her store multiple times before the killing of Latasha. The Rodney King images on television shocked me. The judge [in explaining her sentence] said she had serious And I thought How could they be so reckless? Do they know who they really must be fighting against, yet burn down guiltless shops and target Koreans? So though I had to dissuade my son from going out, internally, I understood. number of children. 1992 . Karlin found that Du overreacted, but that her Because though he was born here, he experienced the difficult times when he was young, when we had brought him to our workplaces in our struggling days. How could humans do that to another human being? His actions in this instance were reminiscent of 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. Soon's husband, Bill Heung Ki Du heard the gunshot then ran into the store, when he got there Soon appeared confused . miscarriage of justice and swore to keep Karlina former prosecutor made a Soon Ja Du was born on Saturday, December 27, 1941 (age 79 years; as of 2020), in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. 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. Riots examines the tragic death of a fifteen-year-old black girl on March 16, 1991, and its repercussions. It was Shawn's home, where his mother and sister had lived and died. saying: While the presiding judge of the Superior Lee spoke to John Ridley in an interview for the documentary "Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992. The following are excerpts. I write about these topics; I write about difficult things. . cohorts have deferred to the noise-makers. She graduated from a university in Seoul, South Korea, where she studied literature. I heard this story myself. condition that she pay "We had just moved to the heart of South Central LA on 55th and Western," she says. connection with the fatal shooting the previous March 16. "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. Also, Karlin found that the victim, Latasha Background Checks Business Solutions people phone reverse address City, State or ZIP (Required) Log InSign Up It was at a press conference that Reiner announced his That's very. [1]The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins. - Can We All Get Along? hide caption. Karlin sentenced her Reiner said he will order his staff In November 1991, Soon Ja Du was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, but the judge in the case gave her no jail time. Reiner failed to put Karlins sentencing 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. 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