At the time of her own death in 1991, Latasha was a student at Westchester High School. Latasha held her mother to great esteem and loved her dearly. On November 27, 1985, Crystal was brutally shot dead outside a Los Angeles nightclub by Cora Mae Anderson, Acoff's new girlfriend, leaving Latasha and her younger siblings in the care of their maternal grandmother, Ruth Harlins.
was known to be abusive towards Crystal, attacking and beating her in front of Latasha and her younger siblings. and Broadway, just a few blocks from where Latasha would be killed ten years later. In 1982, when Latasha was six years old, her father took a job in a steel foundry while her mother worked as a waitress in a local tavern. The family moved from Illinois to South Central Los Angeles in 1981. Latasha had one younger brother, Vester Acoff Jr., and one younger sister, Christina. Louis, Illinois, to Crystal Harlins and Sylvester "Vester" Acoff Sr. Latasha Harlins was born January 1, 1976, in East St.
The killing of Harlins came 13 days after the videotaped beating of Rodney King. The sentencing was widely regarded as an extremely light sentence, and a failed appeal reportedly contributed to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, especially the targeting of Koreatown, Los Angeles, California. The judge sentenced Du to 10 years in state prison but the sentence was suspended and the defendant was instead placed on five years' probation with 400 hours of community service and payment of $500 restitution, and Harlins' funeral costs. Du was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter over the killing of Harlins, based in part on security camera footage. Latasha Harlins (Janu– March 16, 1991) was an African-American girl who was fatally shot at age 15 by Soon Ja Du ( Korean: 두순자), a 49-year-old Korean-American convenience store owner. South Central Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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