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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…

A woman at a microphone makes a speech standing in front of protest signs, the largest of which displays the name and logo of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF).

A woman surrounded by other protestors holds up a white rectangular sign that reads, "'The Protocols of Zion' Anti-Asian Style."

Several women hold large banners as they march down the sidewalk in Times Square, watched over by a policeman.

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…

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."

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…

A storefront in Chinatown NYC is graffitied with the words, "Rambo" Rambo, is a popular movie franchise with some images of Asian Americans.

CAAAV protest against Rising Sun, a 1990's action film with stereotypical presentation of Asian Americans.

Asian American organizations protesting Rising Sun a movie that was seen as having Asian Americans stereotypes.