Photos: Latasha Harlins vigil
Ruth Harlins, center, in scarf, grandmother of Latasha Harlins, and other family and community members raise candles in memory of Latasha on the 25th anniversary of her shooting death along Figueroa Street in Los Angeles.
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Shinese Harlins, left, cousin of Latasha Harlins, receives a hug from Tracy Blackwell at a vigil held on the 25th anniversary of Latasha’s shooting death in Los Angeles.
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Richard Lloyd Brown Jr., second from left, uncle of Latasha Harlins, receives a hug as Latasha’s grandmother Ruth Harlins, center, and community members attend a vigil for Latasha on the 25th anniversary of her shooting death along Figueroa Street in Los Angeles.
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Relatives and community members hold a vigil for Latasha Harlins on the 25th anniversary of her shooting death along Figueroa Street in Los Angeles.
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Shinese Harlins wears a T-shirt in her cousin Latasha Harlins’ honor at a vigil on the 25th anniversary of Latasha’s shooting death in Los Angeles.
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A 1992 photo shows Empire Liquor Market Deli in South Central Los Angeles.
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Grocer Soon Ja Du, shown in a 1992 photo, fatally shot Latasha Harlins after a scuffle at Soon’s store.
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Numero Uno Market stands on the site of Empire Liquor, where Latasha Harlins was killed two weeks after the Rodney King beating.
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A pedestrian walks past Numero Uno Market on South Figueroa Street. The store is at the location where Latasha Harlins was fatally shot by a Korean American grocer in 1991.
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