Shoot First, Hire Culturally Sensitive Police Officers Later
Back in August, police officers fatally shot [1] two Korean men in Dublin, California while responding to an alleged domestic dispute. This shooting has galvanized the Asian American community -- once again -- and many believe that the use of deadly force was unnecessary [2]. This confused-police-officers-reaching-for-guns issue has happens over and over in Asian American and Latin communities. Recent cases include a 1997 shooting in Rohnert Park of Kuan Chung Kao [3] -- who was armed with a wooden stick, the 2003 shooting of Cau Tran [4] in San Jose -- who was armed with a vegetable peeler, and last year's shooting of Rudy Cardenas [5] in San Jose, who was unarmed. The Asian American community has been coming together to organize across ethnic lines around this issue. There will be a candlelight vigil [6] on Sept. 20th at the Dublin City Hall.