Episode 66: It’s A Riot (Sleepy Lagoon and the Zoot Suit Riots)

A man in a zoot suit is inspected upon arrest by LAPD on June 7, 1943. (AP/John T. Burns)

Put on your weekend finest and zip on over to listen to the story of the zoot. Join us as we trace one of the saddest, most disappointing low points in Los Angeles history from the murder and unfair trial at Sleepy Lagoon (15:37) to the brutal and just as unfair Zoot Suit Riots (57:28). Get ready to be ashamed of your city.