Since a shooting several weeks ago, over 15 additional policemen have been assigned to the L.A. Chinatown area and have carried out a series of racist and arbitrary actions against many in the community. The following are from a statement from the L.A. Chinatown Youth Council and Teen Post describing several of these harassment incidents. The officer wrote with his pen on the youth's chest. Another officer comes to the scene. The officer took the youth's picture and began searching the youth's coat.
Policeman starts to search through the youth's pockets.
The youth was hand-cuffed and taken to the squad car where he was told to put his face on the car's hood. Then the officer yanked him up by his hair and put him into the patrol car. On the way down to the police station, the policemen made many racist remarks about the Chinese, and certain Chinese individuals who work at the Teen Post. Midway to the Police Station, the police officers decided to let the youth go since the police had no evidence that the youth had done anything wrong. The Youth Council has sent an open letter to Edward Davis, Chief of Police of Los Angeles demanding an investigation of the police activities and that he attended an open community meeting to discuss this problem.