Liberals with Attitude

Author Danny Goldberg discusses his latest book, Liberals with Attitude: The Rodney King Beating and the Fight for the Soul of Los Angeles, the dramatic and captivating story of the unlikely coalition that formed in the wake of the Rodney King beating to challenge the destructive reign of Los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates. A longtime political activist and the chair of the ACLU Foundation of Southern California when the King beating occurred, Goldberg offers a firsthand account of the alliance formed by the city’s political left and center to force Gates to step down and to amend the City Charter to prevent another unaccountable chief from coming into power. A book sale and signing follow.