death_date death_place birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation
29 august 1970 los angeles , california , u.s. ciudad juárez , mexico march 3 , 1928 rubensalazar.jpg ruben salazar
 ruben salazar journalist
ruben salazar

ruben salazar -lrb- march 3 , 1928 -- august 29 , 1970 -rrb- was a mexican-american journalist killed by a los angeles county sheriff 's deputy during the national chicano moratorium march against the vietnam war on august 29 , 1970 in east los angeles , california .
during the 1970s , his killing was cited as a symbol of unjust treatment of chicanos by law enforcement .
working as a reporter for the `` los angeles times '' , salazar was the first mexican-american journalist from mainstream media to cover the chicano community .
