Day: June 3, 2020
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One officer at George Floyd’s fatal arrest spotlights another racial divide
People don’t have a baseline of an understanding of what anti-blackness even is,” a Hmong American organizer told NBC Asian America. Read Full Article
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Officer who stood by as George Floyd died highlights complex Asian American, black relations
People don’t have a baseline of an understanding of what anti-blackness even is,” a Hmong American organizer told NBC Asian America. Read Full Article
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Derek Chauvin’s wife requests to change her last name in divorce filing
In her filing for divorce from former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Kellie Chauvin requested a last-name change and the titles to both … Read Full Article
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Two Views of the Racial Injustice Wrecking Havoc on Us: Being Hmong in Community and Seeking a Revolution of Our Values
As if it wasn’t hard enough to know that another injustice was compounded onto the surmounting hurt and pain the African-American community was feeling, now, we were seeing a part of ourselves … Read Full Article
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Mom of Hmong Teen Killed by Minneapolis Cop in 2006 Voices Support For BLM
The Hmong mother of another victim of alleged police brutality has voiced her support for the Black Lives Matter movement. On July 22, 2006, 19-year-old Fong Lee was shot and killed by Officer Jason … Read Full Article
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Jerome Christenson: Moral arc will bend toward justice
The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice,” Martin Luther King famously observed, and events and attitudes indicate him to be right. Sixty years ago, George Floyd would have … Read Full Article