Last year, 260 people were murdered in the city of Los Angeles. People like 20-year-old Christian Blanco, who was killed in a drive-by on December 29. Or Roland Moore, 32, who was stabbed to death on November 1. Or Larry McKay, 16, gunned down on July 17. They all lived in South L.A., and they were all African American. In fact, last year nearly half of L.A. murder victims were black, even though blacks only make up 8 percent of L.A.’s population. That disparity is at the heart of Jill Leovy’s latest book.
This segment first aired on 2/4/15.