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Saleem Osman's Press Conference
On May 26, 1994, Saleem Osman, a community organizer and CAAAV advocate, was beaten and arrested by two plainclothes police officers after attempting to settle a conflict between a white truck driver and a Pakistani cab driver. CAAAV immediately…
Takeover of Brooklyn DA Office
On March 13, 1996, twelve demonstrators took over the office of Brooklyn D.A. Charles Hynes to demand justice for the police brutality cases involving Yong Xin Huong and Anibal Carrasquillo Jr. The sit-in called for Hynes to indict NYPD Officers…
Hunger Strikes at Wackenhut Detention Center
Two people hold a large banner stating "INS Tortures Wackenhut Hunger Strikes" outside of the Wackenhut Detention Center in Queens, NY. Prisoners began hunger strikes in protest of brutal prison conditions and to motivate the INS to review prisoner…
Protest at Manhattan Bridge
In protest of Mayor Giuliani's policies, police brutality, and other issues, coordinated protests across New York City took place, with two tunnels and two bridges being peacefully taken over. CAAAV helped organize the Manhattan Bridge action, which…
Protest Sign on the Street During Demonstration
In the middle ground, a sign protesting police brutality is propped up against a pole during a demonstration, protestors surrounding it and in the background. A young boy in a blue tie-dyed shirt stands near another pole in the foreground. The sign…
Protest against racial violence
In the foreground are two women holding large tombstone-shaped signs upon which are written the names and dates of death of Asians and Asian Americans. In the background is other protestors, including a man holding up a similar sign facing away from…
CAAAV Protesting Against Racist Violence
A group of CAAAV members stands on a sidewalk with a large banner held up with two poles that reads, "Stop Racist Violence: Coalition Against Anti-Asian Violence."
Protestors Sitting at a Police Brutality Protest
Protestors standing, sitting, or laying down in the street in front of a blue wooden NYPD barricade hold signs with the names and dates of People of Color murdered by the police. Behind the barricades, away from the protestors, a group of NYPD…
Woman Speaking at Police Brutality Protest
Two women stand in front of a banner on a chain link fence. It reads, "Yong Xin Huang, July 17, 1978-March 24, 1995, Unjustly Killed by the Police." One woman holds a pad of paper and an electronic bullhorn so that the second woman can speak into it…