Justice
Subtitle: a question of race
By: Roberto Rodríguez.
Publisher: Bilingual Press; Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingue
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Tempe, Ariz
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Victims of crimes -- California -- East Los Angeles; Mexican Americans -- California -- East Los Angeles; Racism -- California -- East Los Angeles; False imprisonment -- California -- East Los Angeles; Police -- Complaints against -- California -- East Los Angeles
Description: On March 23, 1979, journalist Roberto Rodriguez was taking photographs of Raza cruising on Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles. Among the scenes he was recording was the senseless beating of an innocent and defenseless man by members of the sheriff's department. These officers then turned on Rodriguez, confiscated his camera and film, and beat him so badly that he spent three days in the Los Angeles County Hospital.

He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and assault and battery on a peace officer. Justice: A Question of Race details Rodriguez's struggle to come to terms with this traumatic experience and to bring a civil suit against the officers involved.