Slain Latino Journalist Ruben Salazar, Killed 40 Years Ago in Police Attack

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Slain Latino Journalist Ruben Salazar, Killed 40 Years Ago in Police Attack, Remembered as Champion of Chicano Rights



Ruben Salazar was one of the most well-known Latino journalists of the 20th Century and one of the few journalists killed while reporting in the United States. This Sunday marked the 40th anniversary of his death. He was killed on August 29th, 1970 when he was struck in the head by a tear gas projectile fired by a Sheriff’s deputy into an East Los Angeles bar as he was covering the massive National Chicano Moratorium Against the Vietnam War, a massive antiwar march that drew some 30,000 people to LA’s Eastside. For forty years, speculation and controversy have swirled around what happened. We remember the life and legacy of Salazar and the Chicano Moratorium.

"Since Salazar", excerpt from documentary short co-directed by Leilani Montes and Victoria Fong.

Felix Gutierrez, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California.

Robert Lopez, investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times. Latest article: Ruben Salazar had clashed repeatedly with LAPD in months before slaying

Rodolfo Acuna, Professor Emeritus of Chicano Studies at California State University at Northridge. He is the author of twenty-one books, including Occupied America: A History of Chicanos.

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/8/31/slain_latino_journalist_ruben_salazar_killed

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