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The Sleepy Lagoon murder was the name that Los Angeles newspapers used to describe the death of José Gallardo Díaz, who was discovered unconscious and dying near a reservoir (dubbed the Sleepy Lagoon) with two stab wounds and a broken finger in Commerce, California, United States, on the morning of August 2, 1942. Earlier, Díaz was seen at a ...
On August 2, 1942, Jose Diaz is murdered, and his body is found at the Sleepy Lagoon reservoir, near Los Angeles, California. Two days later, police began to round up and arrest 22 men of...
José Díaz, a 22-year-old farmworker, was murdered on his way home from a neighbor's birthday party early on the morning of August 2, 1942. In the years to come, the details of his life...
The Sleepy Lagoon, as it was nicknamed, was one of the larger reservoirs outside the city of Los Angeles. On the night of August 1, 1942, zoot-suiters were involved in a fight at a party near the… Read More
In the Sleepy Lagoon murder case, officially called People v. Zammora, Parra was convicted of murder in the second degree of José Díaz with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with...
After a three-month trial, an all-white jury convicted a dozen young Mexican American men of killing Jose Diaz, 22, at an Eastside swimming hole that became known as Sleepy Lagoon. Jan. 12, 2006
On August 2, 1942, the murdered body of Jose Diaz was found at the Sleepy Lagoon reservoir in southeast Los Angeles. This event touched off months of media attention focusing on Mexican American boy gangs, their criminality, and the zoot suits they wore. Investigating the murder, the Los Angeles police questioned 600 Chicano youths.
On January 12, 1943, all but five of the 22 Sleepy Lagoon defendants were convicted of murder or assault. The civil rights implications of the case and Judge Charles Fricke's controversial conduct of the trial created wide support for the defendants.
On the night of August 1, 1942, zoot-suiters were involved in a fight at a party near the Sleepy Lagoon. The next morning one of the partygoers, José Díaz, was dead. There was public outcry against the zoot-suiters, fueled by local tabloids.
On August 1, 1942, a 22-year-old Mexican American man was stabbed to death at a party. To white Los Angelenos, the murder was just more proof that Mexican American crime was spiraling out...