March 24 1998 marks the 3rd anniversary of the death of Huang YongXin, shot in the back of the head and killed at age 16 by NYPD PO Steve Mizrahi in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn. Join the Huang family, Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence, 8th Avenue Coalition, Association for Development of Multi-Ethnic Relationships (ADMER), New Association of Chinese Americans, and the Coalition Against Police Brutality in commemorating the anniversary:

HUANG YONGXIN MEMORIAL SERVICE
Tuesday, March 24, 1998, 5:30 pm
Sara-Roosevelt Park
Grand Street between Christie & Forsythe Streets Chinatown, Manhattan
(across the street from the BDQ Grand St subway station, above the handball courts)

Who is Huang YongXin?

March 24 1995, sixteen-year old Yong Xin Huang was shot in the back of the head and killed by NYPD Officer Steve Mizrahi in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Yong Xin and three of his friends were playing with a BB gun in the fenced-in yard of his friend's home when a neighbor called 911. Shortly after the police arrived, Yong Xin lay dead in a pool of blood. Police claim that Yong Xin had turned and tried to fight and that the officer's gun discharged accidentally. However, witnesses say that Yong Xin did not struggle with the police and that in fact he had his back towards the officer. An independent autopsy report confirms that Officer Steven Mizrahi shot Yong Xin in the back of his head at point-blank range. Yong Xin Huang, an honor student at Wagner High School in Manhattan, was the youngest and only son of the Huang family.

Since Yong Xin was senselessly killed, the NYPD and the Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes have attempted to erase this state-sanctioned murder from our minds and our memories. The DA refused to indict Officer Steve Mizrahi, claiming that Yong Xin Huang's murder was just an "accident." Yet the D.A.'s statement is riddled with inconsistencies and fails to address the testimony of key eye witnesses who contradict Officer Mizrahi's testimony.

Since the summer of 1995, Joyce and QingLan Huang, older sisters of YongXin, have become active leaders in the struggle for justice and against racist police violence. They have come together with families of other police murder victims -- Anibal Carrasquillo, Frankie Arzuega, Nicholas Heyward Jr -- to demand justice against racist police violence and DA cover-up.

Keep YongXin's memory alive and remind our community of what his death was about -- a tragic death at the hands of the police, a shameless cover-up by the Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes, and community struggle against racist police violence. And DEMAND justice for Yong Xin Huang and ALL victims of police killings.

What can you do to help?

For more information, contact: Hyun Lee, Racial Justice Committee, CAAAV 191 Third Street, New York, NY 10009 Tel. (212) 473 6485 ext. 100 Fax (212) 473 5569 Email: caaav@dti.net (add "[RJC]" in Subject:)