Raul Ruiz - The Silver Dollar
August 09, 2009
One of the photos that has influenced me the most is by Raul Ruiz who is currently a Chicano Studies professor at Cal State Northridge.
Raul Ruiz’ took the photo of a shotgun-wielding Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputy pointing his weapon at some men outside of the Silver Dollar on August 29th, 1970. According to several accounts I have read, Ruiz was across the street from the bar when he took a series of photographs as Los Angeles Co Sheriff Deputies surrounded the bar. An undated Voz de Atzlan article can be read here.