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A Story of Refugee Success Ended Tragically in Riots

Number 15766
Subject Crime
Source Los Angeles Times
State CA
Year 1992
Publication Date August 17, 1992
Summary The Los Angeles Times reports that "Thanh Lam was slain at a stoplight. As his family grieves, many are trying to find his killers...Lam lived through war, survived a perilous sea journey to freedom and endured a year's stay in a Malaysian refugee camp before coming to America. And then, (in June), the 25-year-old man was shot dead, sitting in his pickup truck waiting for a traffic light to change at a corner in Compton..."
Category General
Pages 6
Keywords Minority;LA riots;Rodney King
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