St. Paul police killing of Yia Xiong sparks ongoing protests
“[Yia Xiong] needed help, but they didn’t want to help. That’s too much work for them,” says protestor Valerie Castile, whose son Philando Castile was killed by police in 2016.
By DREW ARRIETA
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
More than a hundred community members, activists, family members, and legislators gathered at the St. Paul Police Western District office Sunday afternoon to protest the police killing of Yia Xiong.
Xiong, a resident of the Winslow Commons Apartments, was fatally shot by St. Paul police on February 11 after they responded to a call that a resident was threatening others with a knife.
Attendees marched along University Avenue near Hamline Avenue North. Led by Hmong elders, they chanted, “Hmong lives matter!” and, “I’m deaf, don’t shoot!”
Xiong’s family has said the 65-year-old was hard of hearing and didn’t speak English. They also said he fought in the United State’s “Secret War” during the Vietnam War.
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