August 10, 1999

injustice

Killing of Joseph Ileto

Content note This entry describes racial violence.

White supremacist Buford Furrow fatally shot Filipino American postal worker Joseph Ileto after wounding five people at a Jewish community center; Furrow said he targeted Ileto as nonwhite and a federal worker. (Shares Aug 10 with the 1988 Civil Liberties Act.)

Sources

  1. justice.gov justice.gov/hatecrimes/hate-crimes-case-examples
  2. asianamericanedu.org asianamericanedu.org/joseph-ileto.html

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