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, members of the press and protesters are captured with their backs to the camera, standing outside of the D.A.’s office. One person is holding a video camera, and another one is holding a microphone with the word “FOX” on it. A third person is holding a partially visible sign demanding that District Attorney Charles Hynes reconvene a grand jury, and that Commissioner William Bratton remove officer Mizrahi from the police force in justice for Yong Xin Huang.

May 23, 1995

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

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