Protestors at Demonstration for Saleem Osman
Title
Protestors at Demonstration for Saleem Osman
Description
Pictured are protestors marching with signs and drums at a demonstration for taxicab driver and CAAAV organizer for the Lease Drivers Coalition, Saleem Osman. Two protestors are holding signs close to their bodies, another has an arm raised straight up, and another is banging a drum.
Osman was arrested on false charges of assaulting two police officers and resisting arrest after suffering at the hands of police brutality on May 26, 1994. The protest took place the day after and over 100 Asian Americans and taxicab drivers organized and marched from Police Plaza to Central Booking [1].
1. “New York City Incidents”. CAAAV Voice, Vol 5, no. 1 (Spring 1994): Newsletter of the Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence.
Osman was arrested on false charges of assaulting two police officers and resisting arrest after suffering at the hands of police brutality on May 26, 1994. The protest took place the day after and over 100 Asian Americans and taxicab drivers organized and marched from Police Plaza to Central Booking [1].
1. “New York City Incidents”. CAAAV Voice, Vol 5, no. 1 (Spring 1994): Newsletter of the Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence.
Creator
Betsy Ho
Date
May 27, 1994
Contributor
Digitized by: Frank Chiang and Van Anh Tran
Catalogued by: Sam Marsh
Catalogued by: Sam Marsh
Rights
Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities.
Format
Photograph
Identifier
Photo118
Files
Citation
Betsy Ho, “Protestors at Demonstration for Saleem Osman,” CAAAV Digital Archive, accessed November 21, 2024, https://archives.caaav.org/items/show/2482.