Tag: police
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Pushing back: As violent robberies continue against Asian-Americans, police stress it’s safe to come forward
“It is not a bother,” Fan emphasized, with another officer who speaks Hmong ready to reenforce the point. “We want you to call.” Sacramento police have arrested more than 50 people suspected of armed robberies and home invasions in the south city … Read Full Article
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St. Paul mayoral race likely won’t be decided until late this week
Candidate and City Council Member Dai Thao, who would be the city’s first Hmong mayor, has walked a measured middle ground between the two leading candidates on those issues. He has proposed adding some police, though not as many as Carter, and voted … Read Full Article
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Police arrest man in fatal stabbing in Milwaukee
Hmong New Year celebration kicks off in Weston Hmong New Year celebration kicks off in Weston Wausau man, 20, works out plea deal in sex assault of teen Wausau man, 20, works out plea deal in sex assault of teen A 20-year-old Wausau man accused of sexually … Read Full Article
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St. Paul mayoral election: A crash course
MELVIN CARTER III – Endorsed by Al Franken, Mark Dayton, Keith Ellison, and Erin Murphy – Supports community-first police reform – Wants development in low-income areas along the Green Line DAI THAO – First Hmong city councilman in St. Paul … Read Full Article
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Hmong man arrested in Chiang Rai with 1m meth pills
Chiang Rai police arrested a Hmong man on Wednesday night as he was allegedly smuggling 1 million methamphetamine pills from the border into the northern province’s main city. Songpor Sae-song, 34, a hilltribe man from Chiang Rai’s Phaya Mengrai district … Read Full Article
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6 things to know about armed robberies in south Sacramento
WITH INFORMATION TRANSLATEDFOR HMONG-AND CHINESE SPEAKERS.>> EVERYBODY WANTS NOT TO BE AVICTIM, AND THEN ONLY WAY FOR MEIS TO ATTEND MEETINGS LIKE THISAND GET INFORMATION, AND GETEDUCATED.>> THE PRESENTATION FOCUSED ONPATTERNS WITH THESE CRIMES,.POLICE SAY … Read Full Article
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Essential California: Sexual harassment allegations grow in Hollywood and beyond
Jaffer’s father reportedly called police to the family house in Hillsborough. Los Angeles Times Under scrutiny: In Fresno there are questions about a pitch to create a Hmong homeland in Southeast Asia. Fresno Bee 1988 versus 2017: Which Dodgers are the … Read Full Article
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St. Paul police say man shot and killed had fired gun at woman with five small children nearby
The two lit incense in the backyard of the home in a traditional Hmong ceremony aimed at releasing a person’s spirit into the afterlife. “What I did was burn the incense and just told him to let go of the anger and sadness,” said the woman. The couple have … Read Full Article
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St. Paul man fatally shot by police had history of domestic violence
Police came to the home and interviewed the woman as Lee began yelling at her in Hmong. She said Lee got angry and started kicking her as she was driving him home and continued to assault her when they arrived, shoving her head into a closet door and … Read Full Article
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St. Paul man killed by police had history of attacking girlfriend
She and her boyfriend, who said he was related to Lee, asked not to be identified. The two lit incense in the backyard in a traditional Hmong ceremony designed to release a person’s spirit into the afterlife. “What I did was burn the incense and just told … Read Full Article
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Two Hmong Men Busted in Chiang Rai Transporting 400 Kilo’s of Crystal Meth
CHAING RAI – Deputy Police Chief Somkiat Srivorakhan said at a press conference that two hill-tribe men of the Hmong origin were arrested with a large quantity of crystal methamphetamine, 400 kilograms in total, at a checkpoint in Mae Suay district of … Read Full Article
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Brothers caught with 400kg of crystal meth
The drugs were found hidden in 16 bags. The two suspects reportedly confessed to being hired by a Hmong man to transport the drugs from an area about 19 kilometres inside the Thai-Lao border line in Chiang Rai’s Chiang Khong district. Police said the … Read Full Article
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Hoping to make police less intimidating to Latino immigrants, a Minneapolis nonprofit created a class for cops
If all goes as planned, Olson said she plans to expand it to Somali, Hmong, Oromo and other languages spoken by immigrant groups in Minnesota. Read Full Article
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Wanted Nigerian man, 9 others arrested during drug raids in Thailand
Police had found that he tried to send 120 grams of “ice” to Sydney. Chalermkiat said Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) officers had arrested five Hmong suspects in Chiang Rai on Saturday while they were allegedly transporting 6,392,000 yaba pills … Read Full Article
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34 year old Nigerian among the ten arrested in drug raids in Thailand
Police had found that he tried to send 120 grams of “ice” to Sydney. Chalermkiat said Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) officers had arrested five Hmong suspects in Chiang Rai on Saturday while they were allegedly transporting 6,392,000 yaba pills … Read Full Article
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Autopsy: Tommy Le Shot Twice in Back by Police for Holding a Pen | #JusticeforTommyLe
Le’s story reminds of the 2006 shooting of Fong Lee — a 19-year-old Hmong American teenager living in Minneapolis who was also shot and killed by police while riding his bicycle. To defend the shooting, police insisted that Lee was a gang member and … Read Full Article
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Sheboygan teen, 17, charged with strangulation and suffocation of ex-girlfriend
She said she was okay and didn’t want Harris to get into trouble. An officer told the victim that a witness had observed her ex-boyfriend push her into the area of the Hmong Memorial near Deland Park. Upon observing the victim, police observed red marks … Read Full Article
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Meet the woman who runs a Thai tank-making empire
I had borrowed a border patrol police car and was stopped by a bunch of armed Hmong people, but came to no harm because they saw I was just a girl with pigtails. After the Thammasat Massacre [Oct 1976], everyone was leaving the city to lay low in the forest. Read Full Article