Thirty years ago, the African-American community was shaken to its core following the acquittal of four white police officers who had been captured on videotape beating Rodney King. But there was also another community that suffered too: the Korean-American community.
The gathering hosted by six Korean and Black organizations in Liberty Park on April 29, 2022 was far different and far friendlier than what happened inIn the Korean-American community, they’ve got a word for the fires, looting and rioting from 1992. The word is "Connie Chung Joe is the CEO of Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles and Robert Ahn is a Director with the Korean American Federation ofWhat happened 30 years ago was devastating.
"So we boarded up the shops and a lot of family run business shopkeepers decided to arms themselves because of the lack of law enforcement," Han said. Both Ahn and Chung Jo believe the case of Letasha Harlins six months earlier set the stage for what was to come in the Korean community. The 15-year-old was shot and killed at Empire Liquor Market in South LA by a Korean shopowner who thought the teenager was shoplifting.
When the case got to court Chung Joe says, "The judge decided to sentence The Shower to not a single day of jail time for what had happened." "No question. There was a palpable tension within the various communities here in Los Angeles," Ahmed said."Yes, we’ve had tensions in the past," Chung Joe said. "We had the Latasha Harlins murder. We had so many other things that happened, but we really need to look forward.
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