2015 Asian America in Review: Top 10 AANHPI Stories You Might Have Missed
As the year winds down to a close, these are the top ten political stories that had a major impact…
Tag: Peter Liang
NYPD Officer Peter Liang and his Partner Stepped Over Dying Akai Gurley, Never Called for Ambulance
In a week that has already left me disheartened over the state of race in America today, the last thing…
Unprotected by Assimilation: Lessons from the Case of Duy Ngo
By Guest Contributor: Bao Phi When I began reading that a White House petition had collected 100,000 signatures — many…
Anti-Indictment Rallies for NYPD Officer Peter Liang Draw Smaller Than Expected Crowd in NYC
After over a month of build-up, a “National Day of Protest” that organizers said would involve coordinated rallies opposing the indictment of…
Who Watches The Watchmen: Police Accountability in the New Age of Racial Justice
This post was published hours before the verdict in the Rekia Boyd manslaughter trial was announced. This post has been…
Reappropriate joins dozens of AAPI organizations in open letter seeking #JusticeForAkaiGurley
Last month, the Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence (CAAAV) helped to organize a social media-based selfie campaign to create visibility for Asian…
CAAAV Calls on AAPI to Post Selfies to #JusticeForAkaiGurley
As readers of this blog no doubt are already aware, the indictment of Chinese American NYPD officer Peter Liang in…
The Problematic Political Balkanization of Asian America
Last December, NYPD Officer Peter Liang fatally shot Akai Gurley, an unarmed Black civilian killed for entering the dark stairwell of…
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…
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…