Protestors demand police accountability for the beating of Kum Nam Kim
description: Protestors holding signs at October 26, 1993 demonstration for Kum Nam Kim outside the 20th Precinct. Visible signs in this photograph read, from left to right, "Who can we trust?", "Community demands police accountability," and "Time has expired on racial violence." Three police officers stand in the background. Kum Nam Kim (김금남), a street vendor on the Upper West Side, was beaten and arrested by police on August 3, 1993 after protesting a parking ticket. Other than holding a demonstration outside the 20th Precinct to demand police accountability and a meeting with the police commissioner, CAAAV and Action for Young Korean Americans (AYKA) also organized a petition drive and legal clinic in Flushing, Queens to support Kum Nam Kim and mobilize the Korean community around the issue of police brutality. Referenced in CAAAV Voice issues Fall 1993 and Spring 1994.
date: October 26, 1993
rights: Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
format: Photograph