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{Magnetic North
“but what about all the refugees of war, I speak for my southeast asian brethren, peace to my fam who grew up in camp pendelton, like a pendulum its back and its forth, half of us is upper class, half of us is poor, half of us is doctors studying health care, the other half is babies having babies for welfare”- Theresa Vu, We Belong
Ryo Oyamada
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2013
24 year old first generation student from Queenbridge Queens
Killed by NYPD police car that was speeding and didn't use sirens
No police tried or convicted for wrongful death
Sokha Hor2013
22 year old Khmer American resident of Long Beach
Shot by unmarked police that stepped out of an unmarked van after he allegedly “pulled” out a gun.
Police kept family from visiting Sokha in the hospital in critical condition, in hopes he would die before he could reveal information.
After activism and pressure from the community, family could visit Sokha after 10 days
{1978 resistence music“But a shot rang out in the alley A man was lying cold dead Witnesses - three out-of-town tourists - barely recollected He kind of looked like this one, but they look alike you see Cons in a hurry want to close the case so they handcuffed Chol Soo Lee” -Siu Wai Anderson, Sam Takimoto, Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo
Kimani Gray 2013
16 year old boy from East Flatbush shot 3 times in the back by plains clothed NYPD officers
Although police claim Gray had a weapon, witness stories and autopsy reveal that he would not have time to show or fire weapon before being shot in the back
No police tried or convicted for wrongful death
Shantel Davis2012
23 woman of Flatbush Brooklyn Shot and Killed by NYPD
Witnesses say that Shantel said “‘Call the ambulance! Please don’t let me die’”
Shantel got into a car accident with an SUV, and when police arrived on scene they shot her inside of her car
Officer currently on trial, Police statement “Based on the facts and circumstances, I am confident our detectives actions were justified"
{Blue Scholars
“Don't think for a second I will not question US foreign policy, imperial aggression inventing war for the quenching of the thirst for the oilCuz money don't trickle down to workers who toil, you seeBlood trickle down from the wounds of the soil”- Geo, Blink
Ramarley Graham2012
18 year old shot unarmed in Grandmother’s bathroom in Bronx apartment
Police had no warrant to enter home, surveillance video reveal the illegal entrance and murder
Ramarley was one of
21 shot by the NYPD in 2012
Danny Chen 2012
19 year old private for the armed forced
Tortured with racial slurs and physical violence until he committed suicide
The Sargent who encouraged and participated in this torture, Sargent Adam Holcomb, walked with 30 days in prison and a demotion
Danny Chen 2012
“Van Bockel called Danny "Dragon Lady" and "Fortune Cookie" and made Danny give instructions in Chinese to his fellow privates in front of the entire platoon. On the day Danny died, Staff Sergeant Van Bockel ordered Danny to low crawl in full gear over 100 meters of rocks while two superiors kicked and threw rocks and water bottles at him.” – Huffington Post
{DumbFoundead
“But this ain't Alcatraz, this is an alkie trapBar hoppers and big talkers and starting tabsHand shakes with fake smiles and shark attacksNetworking and head jerk gettin lots of crap”- Dumbfoundead on K-town
LA, Town
Michael Cho 2007
19 year old artist and student
Shot two times and killed by La Habra police force in california responding to a vandalism call
Alleged to have a "tire iron," videos prove this false
Family Settles for $250,000, despite video evidence, No cops convicted
Sean Bell2006
23 year old man from Queens
Shot 50 times by NYPD, killed on sight
NYPD reasons that they were just because Bell was intoxicated
Bell had been out drinking with his friends because it was his wedding day
All three police officers involved were acquitted
{Bambu“I'm from a place where the system's still feudal, and the masses still colonizedLandlords light skinned, stabbin' with their colored eyesWonder why the goods ain't no good, so we importThings we can make our damn selves, and we export”- Bambu, Looking Up
Cau Bich Tran
2003
25 year old mother and wife
Shot and killed by San Francisco Police officers
SFPD responded to domestic disturbance call, unlawfully entered home
Officers claimed that the vegetable peeler that she was holding was a weapon, killed her on sight
Police involved were acquitted
Amadou Diallo
1999
23 year old immigrant from Guinea
Shot 41 times by plains clothed NYPD, killed on sight. Diallo was unarmed, killed for “pulling out a gun” that was in actuality his wallet
NYPD claimed that they announced themselves clearly and Diallo did not respond
Diallo’s native language was French, and he did not understand the officers
All four police officers involved were acquitted
{Taiyo Na
“left her 4 children in the philippines, to nanny in the states and send 'em back dreams, cuz that's the way it works in poor countries, where there is no work and you have to leave, for little pay long hours no job benefits, fired if you tell or just the hell of it, abuse is what they call it and so is slavery, to be a migrant worker is to display bravery”-Taiyo Na, We Belong
Kuanchung Kao
1997
Chinese American father of three children
Shot to death by California Police
Police claimed that Kao was a threat because he “was a martial arts expert”
All police involved were NEVER tried