HISTORY 142A Chapter Notes - Chapter article : Extortion, Debt Bondage, White Spot
Document Summary
April 24, 1927: 2 lapd officers did a liquor raid @ home of clara harris where they kicked down the door but found nothing. Then officers about to leave but they saw young black man, samuel. Faulkner, harris"s 20 year old brother peeking out from door her bedroom and they shot him in the head >he bled to death on his sister"s bedroom floor. This killing >intense protest from african americans in la. They said that police officers, esp. these two police officers, were known for walking around the streets of they city"s black belt and kill/beat up defenseless citizens. Black lives matter + police officers couldn"t just do this and call it policing as general. Lapd ease off enforcement of public order charges in central avenue district. Claimed that police officers enforced these more harshly in black sector of city unequal treatment >many poor african americans jailed for nonviolent crimes. Lapd hire + promote more black police officers.
