Canal Street vendors and supporters protest police harassment
Title
Canal Street vendors and supporters protest police harassment
Description
This photo shows Chinatown vendors and supporters marching in protest of Mayor Giuliani's "Quality of Life" program. Protestors hold signs such as "[Who] Can We Trust," "Quality of Life Stinks," "Stop arresting honest, hard-working people."
Under Mayor Giuliani's "Quality of Life" program, Chinatown street vendors faced increased harassment and criminalization. Police and private investigators would arrest, assault, and harass vendors as well as confiscate their merchandise and money without warrants.
Featured in CAAAV Voice Spring 1995.
Under Mayor Giuliani's "Quality of Life" program, Chinatown street vendors faced increased harassment and criminalization. Police and private investigators would arrest, assault, and harass vendors as well as confiscate their merchandise and money without warrants.
Featured in CAAAV Voice Spring 1995.
Date
March 6, 1995
Contributor
Digitized by Nina Huang
Uploaded by Serena Yang
Uploaded by Serena Yang
Rights
Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
Format
Photograph
Identifier
Photo214
Files
Citation
“Canal Street vendors and supporters protest police harassment,” CAAAV Digital Archive, accessed December 22, 2024, https://archives.caaav.org/items/show/2084.