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A group of protesters play the drums while marching on the sidewalk during a demonstration for Saleem Osman. An NYPD officer rides beside them on a motorcycle.

On May 26, 1994, Saleem Osman, a CAAAV organizer for the Lease Drivers Coalition, was…

A group of protesters holding signs march on the sidewalk during a demonstration for Saleem Osman. The sign in the center of the image, which is slightly obscured, reads “South Asians Demand End Police Brutality.” The sign in the back reads “Drop All…

A group of protesters holding signs in English, Chinese, and Korean march on the sidewalk during a demonstration for Saleem Osman. One of the English signs features the words “Police the Police Now!” alongside a drawing of a police officer wielding a…

A uniformed NYPD officer looks off into the distance during a demonstration for Saleem Osman. Behind the officer are participating protesters, one of whom is holding a sign obscured from being fully viewed which reads “South Asians Demand End Police…

A group of protesters march at a demonstration for Saleem Osman with their fists raised in the air—a typical symbol of solidarity, strength, and resistance against oppression. Beside the protesters is an NYPD officer riding a motorcycle.

On May…

A group of protesters march beside police barricades while holding signs during a demonstration for Saleem Osman, a CAAAV organizer for the Lease Drivers Coalition. The signs read “Stop Police Brutality” and “Why Did The Police Attack Saleem?"

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Protesters gather at the 17th precinct police station in Manhattan East Side to protest the police beating of 20-year-old Korean student Yong Kook Ou. Weeks earlier Ou was pulled from his bike and arrested for riding against traffic and severely…

As Governor Pataki headed to an Asian-American Heritage Month celebration in midtown, 80 protesters gathered nearby to voice their concerns. Organized by the Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence (CAAAV), the protest highlighted the detrimental…

Saleem Osman (left) was a CAAAV organizer for the Lease Drivers Coalition. CAAAV formed the LDC to organize lease drivers to demand safer working conditions, medical benefits, fair hearings with the Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC), and better pay.…

Mark Wahlberg, a prominent American movie star, has a history of racism. In 1986, he harassed a group of African and Asian American teenagers, and in 1988, he assaulted two Vietnamese Americans, including army veteran Johnny Trinh. Wahlberg was…