Yong Xin Huang’s family and supporters protest outside the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office

Yong Xin Huang’s family and supporters protest outside the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office

Protesters gather outside of the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office to demand justice for Yong Xin Huang, 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. Huang’s family demanded the suspension and indictment of officer Mizrahi, but the measure was denied on May 16, 1995. The family led the protest outside of the District Attorney’s Office in response to this decision.

In the image, Yong Xin Huang’s mother, Qiu Xin Huang, is holding a sign with a picture of her son. Other protesters standing next to Huang’s mother are also holding signs written in different languages. The English sections of the signs read “NYPD Steve Mizrahi killed our brother” and “Justice for Yong Xin Huang / [script in a different language] / International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union.” The image is partially blocked by a person’s arm holding a microphone in the foreground.

May 23, 1995

Digitized by: Emily Chiu and Vivian Truong
Catalogued by: Mercedes Rodrigues Lima

Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities.

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