Reuben Salazar

Ruben Salazar was an American journalist. He was a reporter and columnist at the Los Angeles Times, and news director of the Spanish-language television station KMEX in Los Angeles.

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American - Journalist - Reporter - Columnist - Los Angeles Times - Television station - KMEX - Los Angeles

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Salazar died on August 29, 1970, after being shot in the head with a tear gas canister fired by a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy named Tom Wilson. A Chicano rally was being held in protest of the Vietnam War in East Los Angeles at the time. Violence had escalated, and Salazar was reporting on the story at the time. The police had surrounded the building based on hearsay reports of a man with a gun inside the Cafe. A call was made to evacuate the building, and tear gas was fired very shortly after, striking and killing Salazar.

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August 29 - 1970 - Tear gas - Los Angeles County Sheriff - Chicano - Rally - Vietnam War - East Los Angeles - Violence - Hearsay - Gun - Evacuate

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Many Chicanos see Salazar's killing as murder by police and evidence of systematic racism in the LAPD and the LA Sheriff's Department.

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Murder - Racism - LAPD - LA Sheriff's Department

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The story of Salazar's killing gained nationwide notoriety with the release of Strange Rumblings in Aztlan, an article written for Rolling Stone magazine by noted gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson and released on April 29, 1971 in Rolling Stone #81.

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Strange Rumblings in Aztlan - Rolling Stone - Gonzo journalist - Hunter S. Thompson - April 29

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