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Asian Americans debate support for convicted NYC cop, Peter Liang

March 5, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Deepti Hajela Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a nation accustomed to demonstrations over police shootings of unarmed Black men, this was something completely different: more than 10,000 mostly Chinese Americans rallying in support of the Chinese American officer who pulled the trigger. The rally last weekend for Peter Liang, a rookie New […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Akai Gurley, Annie Tan, Asian Americans, Associated Press, Chinese Americans, Korean, Mayor David Dinkins, NYC, New York City, New York Police Department, Peter Liang, San Francisco, Seattle, Steph Yin, Steve Chung, Vincent Chin, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11, Yan Sun

Asian American NYC officer guilty of manslaughter

February 20, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Colleen Long and Jennifer Peltz Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A rookie police officer who shot an unarmed man dead in a darkened public housing stairwell was convicted Feb. 11 of manslaughter in a case closely watched by advocates for police accountability. The courtroom audience gasped and Officer Peter Liang, who had broken […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Akai Gurley, Associated Press, Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch, Brian Conroy, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson, Chinese American, Mayor Bill, Michael Brown, New York City, New York Police Department, New Yorkers, Officer Peter Liang, Ousmane Zongo, Robert Brown, Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun, Sylvia Palmer, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26

Officers salute police boss, mayor at cop’s wake

January 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mike Balsamo Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton drew salutes from some <!–more–>officers Saturday as they arrived at the wake of a second New York Police Department officer killed in an ambush shooting. The gesture of respect during the calling hours for Officer Wenjian Liu […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, China, Chinese, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, New York City, New York Police Department, Officer Rafael Ramos, Officer Wenjian Liu, Staten Island, United States, Vol 34 No 3 | January 10 - January 16

NYC officer mourned at funeral as tensions linger

January 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jonathan Lemire and Mike Balsamo Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of police officers from across the United States packed a church and spilled onto streets outside Saturday to honor a slain New York officer as a devoted family man, aspiring chaplain, and hero, though an air of unrest surrounding his ambush shooting […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Andrew Cuomo, Associated Press, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, Mayor Bill, Myron Joseph, NYC, NYPD, New Rochelle Police Department, New York Police Department, Patrick Lynch, Rafael Ramos, Superstorm Sandy, United States, Vice President Joe Biden, Wenjian Liu

Asian and Latino New York police officers slain while on duty, shot at point-blank range in car

December 29, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Police officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos were shot and killed by a gang member from Baltimore, Md. on Saturday afternoon on Dec. 20th, according to the New York Police Department. Office Liu and his partner were sitting in their patrol car while on duty in Brooklyn, N.Y. when […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: Baltimore County Police Department, Charlie Hu, China, Eric Garner, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, Jason Cruz, Michael Brown, New York City Police Department, New York Police Department, Northwest Asian Weekly, Office Liu, Officer Liu, Officer Ramos, Rafael Ramos, Wenjian Liu

Men smuggled guns on Chinatown busses

August 31, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tom Hays The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A pair of gunrunners smuggled firearms into New York City by hiding them in luggage they carried on discount buses that offered cheap fares and lesser odds of getting caught, authorities said Aug. 19.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Chinatown, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City, New York Police Department, North Carolina, Rock Hill, South Carolina, Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan, Vol 32 No 36 | August 31 - September 6

‘Evil Spirit’ scams plague immigrants

July 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Colleen Long The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One woman was told by a fortune teller that her son was possessed by demons. Another was approached on a Chinatown street by a stranger who eerily claimed her daughter would die in two days. “Your son will die in a car accident — he […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Chinatown, Chinese, Jingchang Quan, Jun Liang, New York City, New York Police Department, Paul Browne, Vol 32 No 29 | July 13 - July 19, culture

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