Protest against police brutality after the killing of Yong Xin Huang

Title

Protest against police brutality after the killing of Yong Xin Huang

Description

A person stands looking at the camera while holding a handwritten sign that reads “Police the police now!”. The sign also contains an illustration of a police officer holding a baton. Behind this person, other people hold a partially visible banner that reads "Justice for Yong Xin Huang."

Yong Xin Huang was a Chinese American 16-year-old who was shot and killed by police officer Steven Mizrahi on March 24, 1995, while Huang was playing in a friend’s backyard in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. With the support of CAAAV and NCPRR (National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights), Huang’s family organized mobilizations in demand of officer Mizrahi’s indictment and against police brutality during Rudy Giuliani’s administration as mayor of New York City.

Date

circa 1995

Contributor

Digitized by: Vivian Truong
Catalogued by: Mercedes Rodrigues Lima

Rights

Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities.

Format

Photograph

Identifier

Photo420

Files

Photo420.jpg

Citation

“Protest against police brutality after the killing of Yong Xin Huang,” CAAAV Digital Archive, accessed November 23, 2024, https://archives.caaav.org/items/show/2317.

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