Hate Crimes and Incidents
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Filipino Family Fights Police Brutality in San Jose
From the Justice for Custodio Family Campaign
70 protesters representing Filipino organizations and youth groups, and a growing rallied outside the San José Superior Court Hall of Justice on May 15th, demanding justice for Marlo, Romel, and Marilou Custodio. The three Evergreen Valley residents are charged with resisting arrest and obstructing a police officer. during a February 5th incident.
Date of first Azine posting:06/08/2007 -
Police Officer Assaults Illinois Sikh American Veteran
Thanks to Anthony Loui
PRESS RELEASE from The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Washington D.C., April 11, 2007 -- The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), the oldest Sikh American civil rights and advocacy organization in the country, today called upon the Joliet Police Department to investigate the actions of one of its officers when patrolling a local neighborhood.
Date of first Azine posting:04/15/2007 -
17-Year-Old Filipina Beaten for being 'Chinese' on New York MTA Bus
by Mike Liu
A dozen black youth attacked a Filipino American teen who for looking "Chinese" while riding an MTA bus in Brooklyn on her way home from school, while the bus driver stood by.
Marie Stefanie Martinez, 17 said she was wearing her Catholic school uniform when she was attacked on the bus at 3:30 p.m. Friday. She said she was laughed at when she tried to defend herself, with the bullies mocking her accent.
Date of first Azine posting:04/11/2007 -
Asian American Organizations and Hmong Community Dispute Omission of Hate Crimes Charge in Wisconsin Murder
by Tracker
Date of first Azine posting:02/19/2007 -
Islamic-American Organization Finds Jump in anti-Muslim Acts
by Mike Liu
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) found that reports of discrimination, harassment and violence against Muslims increased over 30 percent in 2005 from the previous year. They also found an increase of 9 percent of anti-Muslim hate crimes during the same time.
In 2005 CAIR said it had also received 153 reports of anti-Muslim hate crimes and 1,972 such hate incidents. The states of California, Illinois, and New York accounted for 40% of these acts.
Date of first Azine posting:10/18/2006 -
Islamic-American Organization Finds Jump in anti-Muslim Acts
by Mike Liu
10/18/06The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) found that reports of discrimination, harassment and violence against Muslims increased over 30 percent in 2005 from the previous year. They also found an increase of 9 percent of anti-Muslim hate crimes during the same time.
In 2005 CAIR said it had also received 153 reports of anti-Muslim hate crimes and 1,972 such hate incidents. The states of California, Illinois, and New York accounted for 40% of these acts.
Date of first Azine posting:10/18/2006 -
Viet Worker in Harassed and Fired in MA - Lubrizol Corp Sued for National Origin Discrimination:
EEOC Says Vietnamese-American Employee Taunted and had Work Sabotaged, and Co-worker Fired for Supporting Him
from a EEOC press release
BOSTON - Noveon, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Lubrizol Corporation, violated federal law by harassing an employee of Chinese and Vietnamese national origin, forcing him to quit, and terminating another employee who stood up for him, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
Date of first Azine posting:09/28/2006 -
CA Sikh Man Called Taliban in Hate Stabbing
On July 30th, a 66 year old Sikh man, Iqbal Singh, was stabbed in the neck with a steak while waiting with his two year old daughter to go to religious service in Santa Clara County. Everett Thompson, the 25 year old perpetrator, was Singh’s neighbor and had mistaken him for a Taliban. Thompson said that stabbed Singh because he wanted to kill a Taliban. Santa Clara, a county that has on average 5 reported hate crimes per month, was experiencing a hike of 13 total reported hate crimes in June.
Date of first Azine posting:08/18/2006 -
Death of Vietnamese Youth Bang Mai Recalls History of Boston Racial Attacks
On July 11, Bang Mai, a 16 year old Vietnamese youth from Medford, Mass. died in front of the Mary Ellen McCormack housing development in South Boston of as a result of “ a one-on-one fistfight [which] quickly degenerated into a bloody free-for-all" , according to the Boston Globe’s recounting of witness accounts. He was stabbed as he was walking away from another 16 year old, who had brought a knife to the fight. Initial official reports say Mai died from trauma and a stab wound.
Date of first Azine posting:07/25/2004 -
Sikh Beaten Unconcious in Queens
by Mike Liu
On July 11th a 54year old Sikh man was viciously beaten by a group of men yelling hate epithets in Queens. Two men kicked and punched Rajinder Singh Khalsa Sunday by men shouting, "Go back to your own country." He was left with unconscious with multiple fractures to his nose and eye socket from the beating outside a Richmond Hill catering hall.
Date of first Azine posting:07/16/2004
