Posted on 11/19/2019 5:16:10 AM PST by BenLurkin
Now the community must plan funerals, prepare for the upcoming New Year and try to make sense of the tragedy as police work to identify who is responsible for the latest deadly shooting.
Fresno is now home to the second largest Hmong community in the United States, with more than 30,000 people living within the city. Its population is second only to Minneapolis.
They recently reached several milestones, including opening a museum celebrating Hmong heritage and getting their first council member elected.
Arias describes the neighborhood as the “heart of the community,” only blocks from the Hmong shopping center referred to by locals as “Asian Village.”
The shooting wasn’t random, according to police. The shooters were targeting someone at the residence who had been “involved in a disturbance” earlier this week...
The Hmong community in Fresno still runs in a traditionally tribal manner, with clans comprised of 28 different families that are identified by their last names...
Lee was a well-known performer in the community and was scheduled to entertain during the Hmong New Year Festival that draws more than 100,000 people to the Fresno area each year, Yang said. A second performer is recovering from his injuries sustained during the shooting...
They are hoping to raise around $100,000 for the Crimestoppers reward for information in the case. He says they want to provide more incentive to those who may want to come forward but could need to relocate if they do so.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
I see what’s wrong with all this. When my ancestors came to this part of the world, they left behind their prior ethnicity, language, and customs. They became American. Here, we don’t do things in a traditionally tribal manner, with clans.
Today, new arrivals are encouraged to keep their customs, language, ethnicity, clothing, and identity. Then they are kept separate, and encouraged to resent the major culture of the country.
The politicians keep people in separate, warring groups the better to control them.
Oh yea, I remember that one, but he wasn’t shooting at the Hmongs, he was shooting at the other hunters. Bagged a few too.
Thanks :)
all these years :(
They go fast :(
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