Hmong
United Families Minnesota: a Community Assembly on Immigration with Congressman Luis Gutierrez and Keith Ellison
Sun, 2009-06-14 14:30 - 16:07
No excessive force in Fong Lee shooting, jury rules
Minneapolis police officer Jason Andersen did not use excessive force when he shot Fong Lee eight times on July 22, 2006, a jury ruled this afternoon.MORE »
May Lee-Yang: Minnesota activist and artist
This month, the Center for Hmong Arts and Talent is presenting writer May Lee-Yang's Sia(b) at Gremlin Theater from May 29th to June 7th.
Fong Lee case will head to jury
Did Fong Lee have a gun on July 22, 2006, when he was shot eight times by Minneapolis police officer Jason Andersen? That’s the crucial question that a 12-member jury should begin deliberating Wednesday.
Attorneys for Lee’s family wrapped up their case Tuesday, arguing that the Russian-made handgun recovered at the scene was planted on Lee in order to cover up for Andersen’s fatal mistake.MORE »
News Day: Unemployment, full and partial / Looking for the (police) money / Red scare over? / Hmong refugees camp closing / more
Unemployment, full and partial If your hours are cut, apply for unemployment benefits.MORE » Judge threatens mistrial in Fong Lee case
Day two of the Fong Lee trial apparently started off exactly where it left off — with U.S. District Court Judge Paul Magnuson extremely pissed off.MORE »
Fong Lee rally video
Here is a video I put together from footage shot at the May 11, 2009 rally for Fong Lee held in downtown St. Paul. Fong Lee was shot by St. Paul police in 2006.MORE »
Century College: over 30 years of preparing Hmong students for the world
When Blong Yang began working at Century College in 1979 (known back then as Lakewood Community College) there were a total of four Asians in the entire school.
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OPINION | Fong Lee case raises many troubling questions
For example, what was the grand jury told — and not told?
In June 2007, a Hennepin County Grand Jury was convened to evaluate the evidence and circumstances of the July 22, 2006, shooting death of 19-year-old Fong Lee on a school playground where he and friends were riding their bikes.
The first big question is why it took 11 long months to convene the grand jury.
The second big question MORE »
MN VOICES | MayKao Hang talks about Hmong culture, clans and women
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On the day MayKao Hang married, her father told her she was no longer part of their [the Yang] clan. She now belonged to the Hang clan—her husband’s clan. She recalls her father saying, your mother’s womb is what you borrowed. Then he told Hang that her new mother-in-law was now her mother.MORE »
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