September 29, 2010
Minneapolis rally to announce Supreme Court case over police brutality in the death of 19-year-old Fong Lee
The family of Fong Lee, a Minneapolis Hmong teenager who was killed in 2006, is holding a press conference and rally this weekend to announce they're taking the fight for justice to theSupreme Court of the United States. They say that Lee, who was 19 years old when he was shot by a Minneapolis Police Department officer, was wrongfully killed when he was riding his bike with some friends. Lee was shot eight times -- five after he was already down on the ground. The MPD claims Fong was selling drugs near an elementary school and pulled a gun on the cops. The officer, Jason Andersen, a rookie at the time, was later accused of unnecessary force in another case, and has been fired twice from the MPD. An all-white jury found that Andersen didn't use excessive force, and the family appeal was denied. So now Lee's family is taking their wrongful death case to the Supreme Court.