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Racially-motivated police brutality is a disappointing cornerstone of the Asian experience across New York City, and Saleem Osman’s experience was no different. On May 26th, 1994, the cab driver and CAAAV organizer for the Lease Drivers Coalition was…

Five people are seated at what appears to be a speaker or reading panel at the Public Theatre. Activist Yuri Kochiyama sits second from the left. The woman on the right wears a shirt that reads, "Parents Against Police Brutality".

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A person in a white suit speaks into the receiver of a megaphone being held by CAAAV organizer Alexandra Suh. Next to them are Yong Xing Huang's mother, three sisters, and high school friend on crutches. In the background, more CAAAV supporters, and…

A woman reads out from a leaflet in front of two large posters while Saleem Osman stands behind her, reading through a clipboard. The one of the left is from the Young Korean American Service and Education Center (YKASEC), which is now the MinKwon…

Two attendees of the vigil for Yong Xin Huang tie white ribbons on a fence around a large poster dedicated to Yong Xin, while a man (far left) looks off camera solemnly.

Members of CAAAV and the family of Yong Xin Huang marched through Manhattan…

Members of Kinding Sindaw, a Filipino performance group, perform Filipino memorial songs at the vigil for Yong Xin Huang. Three men stand on stage while a woman and child stand behind a pedestal. A man with a video camera kneels on-stage to capture…

Two childhood friends and classmates of Yong Xin Huang stand behind podium, with one speaking to the vigil attendees. To the right of the podium sits a large poster with a picture of Yong Xin, his full name and the words "JUSTICE FOR OUR BROTHER"…

CAAAV and community members attending the vigil for Yong Xin Huang, organized on the day before what would have been his seventeenth birthday. Hyun Lee (far right) is giving a speech at a podium. Yong Xin's mother and three sisters are seated in the…

A crowd of CAAAV and community members gathered outside the Manhattan Criminal Court. They are wearing pink and purple striped ribbons pinned to their shirts to show support for Saleem Osman.

Saleem Osman, who coordinated CAAAV's Lease Drivers…

CAAAV and community members gathered outside the Manhattan Criminal Court, listening to someone (likely Saleem Osman) speaking to the crowd. Osman's lawyer Michael Deutsch, and CAAAV organizer Steve Mitra (both center in the background) are present,…