In the last three weeks, three incidents have occurred within the Asian Pacific Islander community in the East Bay. Ichinkhorloo Bayarsaikhan, a 15 year old who immigrated to the United States from Mongolia, was murdered in a park in Alameda on Halloween night. The Alameda Police Department has been terrorizing Southeast Asian youth in Oakland instead of doing what community organizers would consider "a true investigation of the murder."

Alameda Police have reportedly broken down the doors of Southeast Asian families and held them at gun point with M-16s, detained over a half dozen young people without notifying their parents, pulled students out of school to be interrogated based on being in a photo with the suspects, and accused them of being in a gang due to holding up peace signs in a photo from an anti-war march. Community organizers also report that at least four Bay Area corporate newspapers have published the names of two minors in connection with the Oct 31st killing of Ichinkhorloo Bayarsaikhan in Alameda, though the sitting judge on the case asked them not to. Local activists are concerned that the full story behind the investigation of the murder has not been told. Though the youths were violently arrested, wrongfully charged, and quickly released, Media News editors continued to report unsubstantiated police statements of their possible "gang affiliations" and relationships with those later arrested for the crime.

Youth and Asian and Pacific Islander Community Members are calling for an independent investigation of the incidents, and are asking the Alameda Police Department to establish rules and training to prevent racial profiling tactics. They hope that local communities can work together to find real solutions that address the root causes of violence in the community. A rally and press conference to demand police accountability will took place on November 27th in front of the City of Alameda Police Department. Read more