The most searing and lasting images of the events surrounding the Los Angeles Riots in 1992 were Rodney King’s violent beating at the hands of police officers and Reginald Denny being pummeled viciously after being pulled from his truck. However, nearly a quarter of a century later, another incident, often overlooked, had a similar impact on the racial divide that seized the second largest city in America. In The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins: Justice, Gender, and the Origins of the LA Riots, Brenda Stevenson details every facet concerning the death of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins.
