4/25/1995 Protest Clips

4/25/1995 Protest Clips

Footage from a racial solidarity protest with The National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights (NCPRR) against police brutality, held in front of the Manhattan Bridge and Colonnade. This was one of four actions organized in response to Guiliani’s 1995 city budget which proposed major cuts in social services while directing more funding to the police, taking place at the four primary bridges and tunnels into Manhattan at rush hour. Occurring one month after the murder of Yong Xin Huang, his mother and sisters participated in the protest, with Black and Latinx families of other young men who were killed by the NYPD.

In the video, CAAAV and NCPRR protesters are seen chanting, arm in arm in front of the the Manhattan Bridge, some holding signs. The police begin to arrest protesters, using zip ties to restrain them; protesters who remain sit on the ground chanting. The camera cuts to protesters being forced into police vans and directly into a police station or courthouse. The camera cuts again and zooms into signs held by protestors outside, many of them in remembrance of Yong Xin Huang. Various speakers address the crowd. Others identified in the video are Saleem Osman, Joyce Huang, Altagracia Mayi.

CAAAV

4/25/1995

Vivian Truong, Aliza Hornblass, Tess Derby

Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities

MP4

AV2_12_P1

VHS

15:01