Why We Must Support the Indictment of Peter Liang
In December of last year, I predicted that Officer Peter Liang — the rookie New York Police Department cop who…
Tag: Ferguson
Grand Jury considering indictment of Asian American cop in shooting death of unarmed Akai Gurley
There was no indictment in the shooting death of unarmed Black teenager Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. There…
Minorities Trapped in Tropes: The Conservative Right’s Cognitive Dissonance on POC Humanity
Earlier this year, unarmed Black teenager Michael Brown was fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson; earlier this month, a…
No Indictment Verdict in Death of Eric Garner Begs Question: Will Cop Body-cams Really Help? | #BlackLivesMatter
This afternoon, a Staten Island grand jury refused to indict New York Police Department officer Daniel Pantaleo in the July…
A Step-by-Step Guide to #RecallMcCulloch | #Ferguson #BlackLivesMatter
By now, it’s probably unnecessary for me to explain who Robert P. McCulloch is, but I will do it anyways.…
Michael Brown: 50 years after James Chaney, how little has changed? | #BlackLivesMatter
Yesterday, President Obama post-humously awarded James Chaney the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in this country. Chaney,…
No indictment. No trial. No justice. No peace. | #BlackLivesMatter
Three hours ago, exactly, Ferguson district attorney Bob McCulloch stood before the nation and reminded us how little Black lives truly…
Why the street protests in #HongKong should matter to #AAPI (and to all Americans)
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong this week to participate in a mass act of non-violent civil…
Asian Americans side with Blacks & Latinos (not Whites) in opinions on police effectiveness & racial profiling
It has been nearly a month since the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by Ferguson, Missouri police officer…
84yo Asian American victim of NYPD brutality to sue city for $5 million
I blogged earlier this year about the story of Kang Chun Wong, the 84 year old Chinese American man who…
Reappropriate: The Podcast – Ep. 4 | #Ferguson
Episode 4 of Reappropriate: The Podcast is now live! In this episode, I invite guest Snoopy Jenkins (@SnoopyJenkins) to parse some…
Please join me at 11:00PM EST tonight for special #Ferguson episode of Reappropriate: The Podcast
With the political turmoil of Ferguson engulfing the national conversation right now, it would be a missed opportunity to not…