NYPD officer at a demonstration for Saleem Osman
Title
NYPD officer at a demonstration for Saleem Osman
Description
A uniformed NYPD officer looks off into the distance during a demonstration for Saleem Osman. Behind the officer are participating protesters, one of whom is holding a sign obscured from being fully viewed which reads “South Asians Demand End Police Brutality.”
On May 26, 1994, Saleem Osman, a CAAAV organizer for the Lease Drivers Coalition, was assaulted by police and arrested on fabricated charges. Over a hundred Asian Americans and yellow cab drivers marched from Police Plaza to Central Booking the following day in protest of this unlawful arrest.
On May 26, 1994, Saleem Osman, a CAAAV organizer for the Lease Drivers Coalition, was assaulted by police and arrested on fabricated charges. Over a hundred Asian Americans and yellow cab drivers marched from Police Plaza to Central Booking the following day in protest of this unlawful arrest.
Creator
Betsy Ho
Date
May 27, 1994
Contributor
Digitized by: Frank Chiang and Van Anh Tran
Cataloged by: Irene Madrigal
Cataloged by: Irene Madrigal
Rights
Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
Format
Photograph
Identifier
Photo131
Files
Citation
Betsy Ho, “NYPD officer at a demonstration for Saleem Osman,” CAAAV Digital Archive, accessed November 23, 2024, https://archives.caaav.org/items/show/2373.