A prominent organization, Asian Americans for Equal Rights (AAER), just published a letter to US Attorney. We feel so grateful to live in such a supportive community. Due the word limit, here is part of the letter. Please read the whole one from the link https://www.asianamericans4equalrights.org/haoyang-yu-case-letter-to-us-attorney/ "If anything, many of us, including Mr. Yu, chose to come to the United States because we have faith in American democracy and its checks and balances, and we share the belief that government is of the people, by the people, and for the people. When speaking of his three plus years of uphill legal battle, Mr. Yu has expressed his appreciation of the transparency of the procedures, the work of the judge and jury, his attorneys’ professionalism, and his chances of being heard. He also appreciates the prosecution dropping the case against his wife Yanzhi Chen. Mr. Yu is a father of two school-aged boys, who were both born and raised in the United States. During his legal ordeal, Mr. Yu and his wife have been doing everything they can to shield their sons from the trauma and maintain a sense of normalcy. They take their sons to sports practices and community events, trying not to deprive them of what America has to offer. We, as a nation, have come a long way since the days of the Chinese Exclusion Act and Japanese Internment camps, but many still have an explicit or implicit bias that when they see an Asian face, their gut feeling is that those people are not one of us. We are Americans, and our loyalty is with the United States. Please do not assume that we are representatives of foreign governments. It gives us hope when we see Ms. Rollins’ statement that “when our investigations or newly presented information leads us to see our prior decisions in a new light, I am not afraid of changing course”. We consider ourselves your partners in justice, and hope that the voices from the community can help you make better-informed decisions. In this spirit, we respectfully ask that you take all the circumstances into consideration and withdraw the only remaining criminal charge against Mr. Yu. It is the just thing to do, especially considering that there is now a civil case for this dispute. Respectfully, /s/ Jian Helen Yang on behalf of the Asian Americans for Equal Rights (AAER) P.O. Box 361 Lexington, MA 02420 Co-signing organizations: Asian Americans for Equal Rights (AAER) Chinese Americans of Lexington (CALex) Chinese Americans of Massachusetts (CAMA) Chinese American Network of Winchester (CAN-Win) Chinese Culture Society of Greater Nashua Fukien Chen Association of North America Sharon Chinese Association Tsinghua Alumni Association of Greater Boston United Chinese Americans (UCA)"
"If anything, many of us, including Mr. Yu, chose to come to the United States because we have faith in American democracy and its checks and balances, and we share the belief that government is of the people, by the people, and for the people. When speaking of his three plus years of uphill legal battle, Mr. Yu has expressed his appreciation of the transparency of the procedures, the work of the judge and jury, his attorneys’ professionalism, and his chances of being heard. He also appreciates the prosecution dropping the case against his wife Yanzhi Chen.
Mr. Yu is a father of two school-aged boys, who were both born and raised in the United States. During his legal ordeal, Mr. Yu and his wife have been doing everything they can to shield their sons from the trauma and maintain a sense of normalcy. They take their sons to sports practices and community events, trying not to deprive them of what America has to offer.
We, as a nation, have come a long way since the days of the Chinese Exclusion Act and Japanese Internment camps, but many still have an explicit or implicit bias that when they see an Asian face, their gut feeling is that those people are not one of us. We are Americans, and our loyalty is with the United States. Please do not assume that we are representatives of foreign governments.
It gives us hope when we see Ms. Rollins’ statement that “when our investigations or newly presented information leads us to see our prior decisions in a new light, I am not afraid of changing course”. We consider ourselves your partners in justice, and hope that the voices from the community can help you make better-informed decisions.
In this spirit, we respectfully ask that you take all the circumstances into consideration and withdraw the only remaining criminal charge against Mr. Yu. It is the just thing to do, especially considering that there is now a civil case for this dispute.
Respectfully, /s/ Jian Helen Yang on behalf of the Asian Americans for Equal Rights (AAER) P.O. Box 361 Lexington, MA 02420
Co-signing organizations:
Asian Americans for Equal Rights (AAER) Chinese Americans of Lexington (CALex) Chinese Americans of Massachusetts (CAMA) Chinese American Network of Winchester (CAN-Win) Chinese Culture Society of Greater Nashua Fukien Chen Association of North America Sharon Chinese Association Tsinghua Alumni Association of Greater Boston United Chinese Americans (UCA)"