An LAPD officer perched on a rooftop observes a rally in the alley behind Santa Barbara Street (later Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard), known as "Sherm Alley," in reference to the numerous drugs exchanging hands in that area. Photograph dated October 13, 1980.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 34 cm. on sheet 28 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department Demonstrations--California--Crenshaw (Los Angeles) Apartments--California--Crenshaw (Los Angeles) Dwellings--California--Crenshaw (Los Angeles) Crowds--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Drug abuse--California, Southern Crenshaw (Los Angeles, Calif.) Baldwin Village (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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