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Tag: Police Brutality

Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders

Autopsy: Tommy Le Shot Twice in Back by Police for Holding a Pen | #JusticeforTommyLe

JennSeptember 8, 2017September 9, 2017

On June 14th, twenty-year-old Tommy Le was shot and killed just outside of Seattle, Washington by King County Sheriff’s deputy…

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Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders

Dashcam Video Shows Brutal Police Assault of Laotian American Man

JennJune 22, 2017June 22, 2017

Shocking dashcam footage released today by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)  of Minnesota shows a police officer brutally attacking a…

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Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders

Man Bloodied, Dragged From Overbooked United Flight by Police

JennApril 10, 2017April 21, 2017

An as-yet-unidentified 69-year-old Asian man was physically assaulted by three Chicago-area police officers after he allegedly refused to give up…

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Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders

Police Killing of Chinese Man in Paris Demands Greater Scrutiny of Police Brutality

JennMarch 31, 2017March 31, 2017

Hundreds of people took to the streets of Paris this week to protest the killing of 56-year-old Liu Shaoyo, a father…

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Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersGuest Contributors

The Mattering of Black Lives for Non-Black People of Color

JennJuly 14, 2016July 14, 2016

By Guest Contributor: Cynthia Wu I first became aware of Minnesota’s outlier status when I lived there between 2002 and…

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Act Now!Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders

Judge Dismisses Case Against Police Officer Who Paralyzed Elderly Indian Grandfather

JennJanuary 15, 2016January 15, 2016

After a second trial ended in a mistrial due to jury deadlock late last year, a judge has now granted a motion…

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Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders

Hawaiian Man Files Lawsuit After Being Beaten by Police Officer for Praying Over Monk Seal

JennJanuary 9, 2016January 9, 2016

In a story that has received scant mainstream attention, a Hawaiian man was savagely beaten by a Honolulu Police Department officer…

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Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersFeminismRacism

Second Mistrial Declared in Police Beating of Sureshbhai Patel

JennNovember 5, 2015January 15, 2016

I just can’t even right now. A mistrial has once again been declared in the excessive force trial of Alabama…

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Racism

We Need To Stop Blaming the Victims of Police Brutality For The Violence Committed Against Their Bodies

JennOctober 31, 2015November 2, 2015

An unarmed 16-year-old schoolgirl who refuses to put away her cellphone does not deserve being grabbed by the neck and…

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Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders

Defense Attorneys Go “Full Xenophobia” in Blaming Indian Grandfather for Being Paralyzed By Cop

JennOctober 28, 2015October 29, 2015

This is absolutely disgusting. 58-year-old Sureshbhai Patel was out for a morning walk this February in the neighbourhood where his…

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Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders

Mistrial Declared for Cop Who Paralyzed Indian American Grandfather

JennSeptember 11, 2015September 15, 2015

The civil rights trial against Madison, Alabama police officer Eric Parker has ended in a mistrial after a third attempt by…

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Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders

Federal Civil Rights Charges Filed in SWAT Raid That Maimed Baby | #JusticeForBouBou

JennJuly 22, 2015July 23, 2015

I wrote earlier this year about the story of Baby “Bou Bou” Phonesavanh, a toddler who was disfigured and permanently…

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