Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 12 VTMBH Article: Article Order VTMBH Article: Title NYPD beats Pakistani man in Brooklyn VTMBH Article: Author Mohsin Zaheer VTMBH Article: Publication Sada-e-Pakistan NY VTMBH Article: Original Language Urdu VTMBH Article: Translator Mohsin Zaheer VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body On the six-month anniversary of September 11th, a Pakistani immigrant was beaten and arrested on Church Avenue and East 18th Street in Brooklyn. The man, Raja Aftab, was charged with misconduct and released. Aftab is from Rawalpindi, Pakistan and has lived here with his wife and two children for the past 11 years. On March 11, around four oclock, I left my job at a health and beauty supply store on Church Avenue to buy a cup of coffee from a store across the street, Aftab recalled. When I was coming back from the coffee shop, some police officers stopped me and asked me where are you going? I replied, Im going back to my workplace across the street. One of the police officers said, you are Taliban, and began beating me. The other three police officers standing near him joined in, and beat me on the street in front of many people. Then they put the handcuffs on me, took me to 70th Precinct, gave me the misconduct summons and released me, Aftab said. After being released by the police, Aftab went to a restaurant on Coney Island Avenue, looking for someone from the community to help him. One of the restaurant customers called an ambulance when he saw how badly Aftab was hurt. Officers from the 70th precinct arrived with the ambulance. An onlooker reported that an officer denied everything. He reportedly said, there was a fight on Church Avenue between some high school students, and Mr. Aftab tried to interfere. He entered an area closed by the police, and later he misbehaved with police officers; thats why he was taken to the precinct and given the summons. And its not true that the police beat him. I was looking at some high school boys who were fighting over something I was totally unaware of, Aftab responded later. I had no idea why those boys were fighting or what was police were doing there. I even didnt try to interfere. Aftab was taken to the Coney Island Hospital and discharged around six a.m. after receiving medical treatment. I am the victim of a hate crime committed by police officials, Aftab said. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-03-27 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File v12b1.doc VTMBH Article: Hit Count 158 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource NYPD beats Pakistani man in Brooklyn 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-03-27