August 10, 1999 · Los Angeles, California

Killing of Joseph Ileto

injustice

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

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

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