1. { Magnetic North
“but what about all the refugees of war, I speak for my southeast asian
brethren, peace to my fam who grew up in camp pendelton, like a pendulum
its back and its forth, half of us is upper class, half of us is poor, half of us is
doctors studying health care, the other half is babies having babies for
welfare”- Theresa Vu, We Belong

2. Ryo Oyamada
2013
24 year old first
generation student from
Queenbridge Queens
Killed by NYPD police car
that was speeding and
didn't use sirens
No police tried or
convicted for wrongful
death

3. Sokha Hor
2013
22 year old Khmer
American resident of
Long Beach
Shot by unmarked police
that stepped out of an
unmarked van after he
allegedly “pulled” out a
gun.
Police kept family from
visiting Sokha in the
hospital in critical
condition, in hopes he
would die before he could
reveal information.
After activism and
pressure from the
community, family could
visit Sokha after 10 days

4. { 1978 resistence music
“But a shot rang out in the alley
A man was lying cold dead
Witnesses - three out-of-town tourists - barely recollected
He kind of looked like this one, but they look alike you see
Cons in a hurry want to close the case so they handcuffed Chol Soo Lee” -Siu Wai
Anderson, Sam Takimoto, Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo

5. Kimani Gray
2013
16 year old boy from East
Flatbush shot 3 times in
the back by plains
clothed NYPD officers
Although police claim
Gray had a weapon,
witness stories and
autopsy reveal that he
would not have time to
show or fire weapon
before being shot in the
back
No police tried or
convicted for wrongful
death

6. Shantel Davis
2012
23 woman of Flatbush
Brooklyn Shot and Killed by
NYPD
Witnesses say that Shantel
said “„Call the ambulance!
Please don‟t let me die‟”
Shantel got into a car
accident with an SUV, and
when police arrived on
scene they shot her inside of
her car
Officer currently on trial,
Police statement “Based on
the facts and circumstances,
I am confident our detectives
actions were justified"

7. { Blue Scholars
“Don't think for a second I will not question US foreign policy, imperial
aggression inventing war for the quenching of the thirst for the oil
Cuz money don't trickle down to workers who toil, you see
Blood trickle down from the wounds of the soil”- Geo, Blink

8. Ramarley Graham
2012
18 year old shot unarmed
in Grandmother‟s
bathroom in Bronx
apartment
Police had no warrant to
enter home, surveillance
video reveal the illegal
entrance and murder
Ramarley was one of
21 shot by the NYPD
in 2012

9. Danny Chen
2012
19 year old private for the
armed forced
Tortured with racial slurs
and physical violence
until he committed
suicide
The Sargent who
encouraged and
participated in this
torture, Sargent Adam
Holcomb, walked with 30
days in prison and a
demotion

10. Danny Chen
2012
“Van Bockel called Danny
"Dragon Lady" and
"Fortune Cookie" and
made Danny give
instructions in Chinese to
his fellow privates in front
of the entire platoon. On
the day Danny died, Staff
Sergeant Van Bockel
ordered Danny to low
crawl in full gear over 100
meters of rocks while two
superiors kicked and
threw rocks and water
bottles at him.” –
Huffington Post

11. {DumbFoundead
“But this ain't Alcatraz, this is an alkie trap
Bar hoppers and big talkers and starting tabs
Hand shakes with fake smiles and shark attacks
Networking and head jerk gettin lots of crap”- Dumbfoundead on K-town LA, Town

12. Michael Cho
2007
19 year old artist and
student
Shot two times and killed
by La Habra police force
in california responding to
a vandalism call
Alleged to have a "tire
iron," videos prove this
false
Family Settles for
$250,000, despite video
evidence, No cops
convicted

13. Sean Bell
2006
23 year old man from
Queens
Shot 50 times by
NYPD, killed on sight
NYPD reasons that they
were just because Bell
was intoxicated
Bell had been out
drinking with his friends
because it was his
wedding day
All three police officers
involved were acquitted

14. { Bambu
“I'm from a place where the system's still feudal, and the masses still colonized
Landlords light skinned, stabbin' with their colored eyes
Wonder why the goods ain't no good, so we import
Things we can make our damn selves, and we export”- Bambu, Looking Up

15. Cau Bich Tran
2003
25 year old mother and
wife
Shot and killed by San
Francisco Police officers
SFPD responded to
domestic disturbance
call, unlawfully entered
home
Officers claimed that the
vegetable peeler that she
was holding was a
weapon, killed her on
sight
Police involved were
acquitted

16. Amadou Diallo
1999
23 year old immigrant from
Guinea
Shot 41 times by plains
clothed NYPD, killed on
sight. Diallo was unarmed,
killed for “pulling out a gun”
that was in actuality his
wallet
NYPD claimed that they
announced themselves
clearly and Diallo did not
respond
Diallo‟s native language was
French, and he did not
understand the officers
All four police officers
involved were acquitted

17. { Taiyo Na
“left her 4 children in the philippines, to nanny in the states and send
'em back dreams, cuz that's the way it works in poor countries, where
there is no work and you have to leave, for little pay long hours no job
benefits, fired if you tell or just the hell of it, abuse is what they call it
and so is slavery, to be a migrant worker is to display bravery”-Taiyo Na,
We Belong

18. Kuanchung Kao
1997
Chinese American
father of three
children
Shot to death by
California Police
Police claimed that
Kao was a threat
because he “was a
martial arts expert”
All police involved
were NEVER tried