Soon Ja Du fatally shoots 15-year-old Latasha Harlins

March 16, 1991: Soon Ja Du, a Korean-American grocery store owner in South Central Los Angeles fatally shoots a 15-year-old African American girl, Latasha Harlins, who she accused of stealing a bottle of orange juice. A judge sentenced Du to five years probation.

 

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