Today is the last day to sign this petition to call on prosecutors to investigate the murders of Phi
Today is the last day to sign this petition to call on prosecutors to investigate the murders of Phia and Mai Vue and Jesus Manso-Perez. Two weeks ago, three people of color were brutally murdered by their white neighbor in Milwaukee. After finding out that Jesus Manso-Perez and his son were Puerto Rican, Dan Popp confronted them with a rifle. Jesus Manso-Perez’s son recalls that before killing his father, Popp stated, “you guys got to go.” Popp proceeded towards Phia and Mai Vue’s apartment, knocked down their door, and killed them in front of their children. Dan Popp is facing three charges of first-degree intentional homicide and one charge of attempted intentional homicide. In response, a coalition of 22 organizations from the Hmong, Latino, and other communities are uniting to urge that local and federal prosecutors pursue a hate crime investigation. As Darryl Morin of the League of United Latin American Citizens stated: “It is important that our community, our city, our state and, in fact, our nation admit that hate does exist and where we see it, we must identify it.” Join 18MR, League of United Latin American Citizens, and 21 other organizations to ensure that prosecutors investigate the killings of Phia, Ma Vue and Jesus Manso-Perez as hate crimes. We will deliver the signatures to District Attorney John Chisholm later today. Thanks for your support! -- source link
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