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Killing of Fong Lee

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On July 22, 2006, Minneapolis Police Department officer Jason Andersen shot Fong Lee—a 19-year-old Hmong American man—eight times while pursuing him for arrest, killing him at the scene. The police pursuit and shooting occurred near Cityview school in the McKinley neighborhood of Minneapolis. In the shooting aftermath, Andersen was legally cleared of wrongdoing by an internal police department investigation and in state and federal legal cases. The United States Supreme Court in 2010 declined to take up an appeal of the federal case brought forward by Lee's family. The manner of Lee's death and the legal case against Andersen generated public outcry, particularly among the Hmong American community in Minneapolis–Saint Paul. Concerns persisted about Andersen's use of deadly force and about the investigation of the incident, such as if there was potential evidence tampering. Public outcry over Lee's death was renewed during protests of racial injustice following the police murder of George Floyd in 2020.

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