Position on Officer Peter Liang's arraignment

80-20 will fight  for YOU & Officer Peter Liang

Have you heard about the arraignment against Officer  Peter Liang of the NYPD?   80-20 has received many emails  from Asian Ams pleading for us to look into this matter.     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.  Pres.       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'll 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.                                       DONATE to SELF till it hurts. S.B. Woo, a volunteer President, 80-20 Asian Am. National Educational Foundation www.80-20EF.org Help us spread the word, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter ! *  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?          80-20 Mission Statement Frequently Asked Questions 80-20's Top 10 Accomplishment, published 3 years ago.