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The case Madrigal v. Quilligan sparked a push in this city to supply foreign-language medical forms after hundreds of women were involuntarily sterilized. (10[1]-5[1])The Vernon incinerator was shelved after outcry by a grassroots organization called the “Mothers of” part of this (10[1])city founded by Aurora Castillo. (-5[1])To protest low graduation rates, thousands of high school (10[1])students in this city held “blow outs” (10[1])in 1968. (10[1])In this city, Fidel Lopez was dragged out of his vehicle and beaten at the intersection of Florence and Normandie. A mayor of this city names a phenomenon (10[1])in which white (10[1])voters (10[6])falsely (10[2])respond (10[3]-5[1])to polls as likely to vote for a non-white candidate. In 1980s gubernatorial races, George Deukmejian (“duke-MAY-jee-an”) twice defeated that mayor of this city, Tom Bradley. A victim of police brutality in this city pleaded “can (10[1])we all get along?” (10[2])during 1992 unrest. For 10 points, what city (10[1])was the site of the Rodney King riots? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Los Angeles [or LA; accept Mothers of East Los Angeles or MELA]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%13%97.13

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Neal JoshiWUSTL BGeorgia Tech B22-5
Brad MacLaineTexas AUC Berkeley A2210
John John GrogerColumbia ACornell B4010
Justin HawkinsIndiana AHarvard A45-5
Collin AceRutgers BImperial A5410
Jonathan TranCornell AYale A6110
Tomás Aguilar-FragaClaremont APenn A6310
Andrew ZengStanford AMaryland A9110
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech AChicago B9410
Tracy MirkinFlorida AChicago A9510
Mitch McCullarIllinois AVirginia A9510
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BMinnesota B9510
Connor BlakeChicago CToronto A9510
Jacob EgolDuke AWUSTL A9510
Walter ZhangBrown AOhio State A9510
James StevensonMichigan AJohns Hopkins A9610
Cormac BeirneMcGill AIowa State A9610
Aum MundheRutgers ASouth Carolina A9710
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota ANorthwestern A97-5
Ricky LiMIT ANorth Carolina A9710
Matthew SiffYale BPenn State A9710
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AFlorida B13210
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AColumbia B13610
John BroussardHouston ANYU A13610
Raymond JiangGeorgia Tech BWUSTL B14410
Sharath NarayanNorthwestern AMinnesota A15210
Cole TimmerwilkeHarvard AIndiana A15310