“To the police and leaders, life in...
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“To the police and leaders, life in Westwood seems to have more value than in South-Central Los Angeles, and in Westwood life is predominantly white and in South-Central it’s predominantly black.”
--Bishop H. H. Brookins of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, complaining that the City Council, media and Police Department are guilty of a double standard in their handling of the Westwood gang killing of Karen Toshima.
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