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“In the middle of May an L.A. cop stopped a black man named Leonard Deadwyler for speeding through Watts. He stuck his gun in the driver's-side window — 'to attrack the driver's attention,' he later testified. He also claimed the car suddenly lurched forward, causing his gun to discharge. Leonard Deadwyler slumped into the lap of his wife and muttered his last words — 'But she's having a baby' — as his two-year-old son looked on from the backseat. He had been speeding her to the nearest hospital, miles away; there was no hospital in Watts — an area twice the size of Manhattan.”

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Book:Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America

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Rick Perlstein is an American historian born in 1969. Known for his in-depth analysis of American politics and culture, Perlstein's work often focuses on the history and ideas of the United States from the mid-20th century to the modern era. more

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