This week Macie covers the senseless and tragic murder of Yoshihiro "Yoshi" Hattori.  Yoshi was from Japan who came to Baton Rouge via student exchange program. He was an extremely hard worker, very talented, and exuberated life to everyone around him.  But one night, the wrong address lead him to his far too early death by a family who was so afraid of a 5'7, skinny, "oriental" man, who was laughing.  What are your thoughts on this episode? Do you agree with Peair's acquittal? Also, attached are sources on foundations and publications done by the Hattori and Haymaker family in preventing something so senseless and cruel from happening again. 

RESOURCES: 
Booth, W. (1993, May 24). Man Acquitted of Killing Japanese Exchange Stuent. Retrieved November 07, 2020, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/05/24/man-acquitted-of-killing-japanese-exchange-student/34a75a09-0a7b-468d-89c5-d6d8d7504f7c/

Henderson, L. (Comp.). (n.d.). Richard W. Haymaker Collection on Yoshihiro Hattori [Mss. 4698 Inventory]. Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University Libraries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. accessed from: https://lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/4698.pdf

Louisiana, C. (n.d.). Hattori v. Peairs: (1995).. Retrieved November 07, 2020, from https://www.leagle.com/decision/19951171662so2d5091981

Luckhurst, T. (2019, October 19). Yoshihiro Hattori: The Door Knock That Killed a Japanese Teenager in US. Retrieved November 07, 2020, from https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50063364

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