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From Selma to Rampart

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Left, iconography of the civil-rights movement applied to the problem of homicide in minority communities:

The lyrics of ‘We Shall Overcome’ (in Spanish, ‘Nosotros Venceremos’) were left on the ground next to candles, notes of mourning, and a bottle of beer at the spot where Walter Vega, 30, was murdered last week in LAPD’s Rampart Division.

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