80-20 will fight for YOU & Officer Peter Liang
After a Board meeting, 80-2O Initiative takes the following positions:
1) It shall not let Officer Peter Liang be the victim of
political scapegoating, if indeed we conclude this is the case, after
our thorough fact-finding.
2) It advises Asian Ams. not to join or participate in petitions and movements
that only expose our community's political ignorance/immaturity
which makes us even weaker. Take the recent
White House petitions as examples. The initiators
and signers are great people who yearned for justice. 80-20 thanks
them and shares their goal. However, those petitions ignore
the legal environment in the USA. Keep in mind
that the President of the U.S. has no legal authority over
an indictment in Brooklyn. Nor is Pres. Obama likely to make
a statement on an ongoing legal case. In America, we need to
practice politics the American way.
Remember the Jimmy Kimmel "kill every Chinese" episode?
80-20 got the first and ONLY written apology from ABC soon
after the event. Weeks after a White House petition, which
asked Pres. Obama to interfere, had reached 100,000 signers, and
long after the matter has been satisfactorily resolved, there
was a White House statement on this matter. Did anyone
remember what was said? (Please note that this was not a
reflection on the White House, but a reflection on the silliness of
that petition. President Obama is not the equivalent of a
Chinese Emperor. He has no authority over ABC, a
private enterprise.)
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"
- George Santayana.
However, if there were a petition to 80-20 to help Office Liang and
it quickly gathers 100,000 signatures, it would be much more
effective. Why?
Because 80-20 would be greatly empowered by the apparent yearning for its
leadership, thereby enabling it to do even more.
3) 80-20 will strive to create a win-win situation to
ensure justice for Officer Liang. This part of 80-20's effort requires tactical
maneuver in the future. Hence, we'll only summarize the
essence. The indictment of Officer Liang could be partially
politically motivated. Hence 80-20 will act with politics in
mind as well, while stressing fact finding. Our aim is
to create a win-win situation for District Attorney
Thompson of Brooklyn, the African American community, and
Officer Peter Liang, while upholding justice!
4) 80-20 will be doing much fact findings and fact checkings in
matters* shown below my
name . I encourage all to volunteer your effort to help.
Forward this e-newsletter!
Step by Step
We Will Strengthen Ourselves!
WANT SERVICE? Pay for it, although I and many others have worked for YOU for
free for the last 16 years.
S.B. Woo, a volunteer
President, 80-20
Asian Am. National Educational Foundation
* Facts that 80-20 is very interested in verifying:
i) Were Liang and his partner explicitly ordered not to do vertical patrolling in
that building by their boss?
ii) Had Liang admitted that his finger was on the trigger? Or, did he state that
his finger was along the gun barrel but slipped when his right
shoulder hit a door?
iii) Is there any physical evidence that the bullet hit the wall and ricocheted? Has
the physical evidence been protected and/or photographed?
iv) Did Liang and his partner call the Police Union first and 4 minutes later call 911?
v) Some articles describe the stairwell as being "pitch black." Is
it true? The jury could easily be convinced that Officer Liang would
feel threatened in this dangerous public housing project area where the
stairwell is pitch black. Would it then have been reasonable for him
to keep the finger on the trigger?
vi) What other police shooting or assault cases has the Brooklyn DA prosecuted recently?
vII) What role did Liang's partner play in this incident? Is he under investigation
or being disciplined?
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