This news from Riverside, California: Hundreds of people demonstrated yesterday against a decision not to prosecute four white police officers who fatally shot a Black woman they found sitting in a car with a gun in her lap. The police arrested 46 people, including the Reverend Al Sharpton, who has led similar protests in New York. The protest focused on the killing of Tyisha Miller. She was 19 years old. It happened on December 28th of last year after a cousin reported that Miller was unconscious in her car with a handgun on her lap at a gas station.
Hundreds Protest in Riverside Against Decision Not to Prosecute Four White Police Officers in Killing of Tyisha Miller
HeadlineMay 11, 1999