San Jose State University Vietnamese Student Association
One Washington Square #56 • San Jose, CA 95192-0038
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We, the members of the San Jose State University's Vietnamese Student Association, are joining together to voice our objection against the wrongful acts by the San Jose Police Department (SJPD), which include, but are not limited to: police brutality and power abuse. The most recent case unveiled in the news was Phuong Ho, an SJSU international student from Vietnam, who was apprehended in the cruelest form possible: wrongful use of brutal force. Four police officers arrived at Ho's apartment, exerting inhuman force upon Ho after miscommunication due to Ho’s thick accent. The police reportedly entered Ho's home, and brutally beat Ho with a baton and taser gun while he was handcuffed and helplessly lying on the floor.
Unfortunately, too many similar incidents have occurred in the past, and it is steadfastly becoming a repetitive issue. It is time for these occurrences to end; to put an end to police brutality towards the community of all ethnicities. Hence, a protest will take place to raise awareness of this issue, as well as hold these officers accountable for their imprudent actions. The protest shall take place next Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 4:30PM, in front of San Jose City Hall. VSA will be protesting on behalf of the actions that were taken place during Ho’s apartment to assure that an event like this will never happen at any given place or time again. We ask you to support our cause and help us spread the word throughout your community to make sure these unlawful acts do not occur again.
As you may have heard, there was a Vietnamese international student at San Jose State University named Phuong Ho who was unfortunately the victim of the latest police excessive use of force upon yet another member of the Vietnamese Community. There has been too many incidents, too many apologies from the Police Department, nevertheless, we are still witnessing the status quo. As Vietnamese-Americans, we do not want this disheartening trend to continue. It is time for you, us and our community, to put an end to this. We, the VSA at SJSU, will be protesting next Tuesday at San Jose City Hall. We truly believe this is a great indication that our community is demonstrating a united front and determined to put an end to police brutality towards the Community of all ethnicities.
Hello SJSU VSA members!!
Yellow Families are captured by the Pirate of the Emerson, and they desperately need help from all the VSA families to help them escape. The pirates will execute all the members of Yellow Family by 12AM on Oct 29th, 2009 if they won't get what they want: 10K of gold. So please come and help out our members.
