{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