Tragic Capturing of Korean Lady by Police Sparks Outrage and Requires Investigation in New Jersey Group

Late final month, a Korean lady in her 20s who lives in New Jersey, USA, was shot and killed by the police.

The Korean neighborhood was very shocked as a result of the realm the place the incident occurred is an space the place many Koreans dwell.

As suspicions of police overreaction grew, the Korean neighborhood protested and demanded a radical investigation into the reality.

It is a report from reporter Jo In-young from New Jersey, USA.

[기자]

Within the morning of the twenty eighth of final month, Mr.

The household referred to as 911 to take Victoria Lee, a 25-year-old Korean lady affected by melancholy, to the hospital.

Nonetheless, Mr Lee’s nervousness signs worsened because the police arrived earlier than the ambulance.

The household shouted at Mr. Lee to not come to the home till he calmed down.

Nonetheless, the police broke down the door and shot Mr Lee.

[조석진 / 변호사 : 문이 탁 열리면서 가까운 거리에서 그냥 총을 쏜 거예요 경찰이. 검찰은 현장에서 흉기가 발견됐다고 발표했지만 유족 측의 입장은 다릅니다.]

What was on the ground was not a weapon, however a small folding knife used to open supply containers.

As well as, emphasised Mr. Lee, who felt scared when he heard the sound of the door being damaged down, was not carrying a weapon however a 19 liter water bottle.

Though there was no menace to the police, the bereaved household protest that the police reacted excessively with out correctly understanding the state of affairs on the spot.

As controversy over the extreme police response arose, the Korean neighborhood launched a marketing campaign to demand an investigation into the reality.

We’re within the Fort Lee space of ​​New Jersey, the place a deadly capturing occurred.

The Korean neighborhood was really shocked and saddened.

[김인옥 / 뉴저지 동포 : 있어서는 안 될 일이 벌어져 작은 힘이지만 보태고 싶어서 나왔고요. 저도 25살짜리 딸이 있거든요. 어떻게 보호해야 할지, 어떻게 대처해야 할지 암담하고….]

[스테파니 장 / 펠리세이즈파크 시의원 : 이것을 통해 투영해 볼 수 있는 미주 한인들의 입장, 우리들의 목소리, 우리들의 권리, 우리들의 힘 이런 것을 이번 기회에 다시 한 번 생각해야 하고….]

The Korean American neighborhood in the US urged state authorities to conduct a radical and clear investigation together with the discharge of footage from police physique cameras.

Moreover, voices are rising that the Korean neighborhood ought to come collectively and take motion to forestall this from taking place once more.

That is Jo In-young from YTN World from New Jersey, USA.

YTN Jo In-young (parksy@ytn.co.kr)

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