A look at the unorthodox life and complex legacy of Oscar Zeta Acosta: the Chicano movement’s forgotten activist hero, attorney and literary celebrity. Watch THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BROWN BUFFALO Tuesday, March 27 at 7p on New Mexico PBS Ch.5.1. | New Mexico PBS

7K views · 50 reactions | Oscar Zeta Acosta is more known as the inspiration for Hunter S. Thompson's bumbling sidekick in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas but did you know that he actually ran for LA County Sheriff in 1970? Learn about the radical Chicano lawyer, who exposed racial bias, hypocrisy, and repression within the California justice system TODAY March 23 at 9pm on PBS SoCal 1. | PBS SoCal | Facebook