Summary

A Vietnamese video store owner who tried to rehang a post of Ho Chi Minh was met by a crowd of one-thousand protesters this morning. The controversy began over a month ago, when Truong Van Tran put the poster and a Communist flag on display at his store. He was forced to take them down but had recently received a court order allowing him to rehang the items. Tran made his way safely to his store today to rehang the posters as police in riot gear kept the protesters at bay. Tran left shortly after. Most of the 200,000 people living in Little Saigon's residential area are former political prisoners or refugees of Vietnam who hate the communist government. The crowd of protesters was made of Vietnamese-Americans and American veterans of the Vietnam War. At least 12 people were arrested.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 152916
Story Slug PROTEST OF HO CHI MINH POSTER (02/20/1999)
Location WESTMINSTER, CALIFORNIA
Format Vo*
Date 2/20/1999
Archive Time 46:11
TRT 5:00
Supers Westminster, California
Video Description Shots of protester's cardboard cutout of Ho Chi Minh being hanged, police in riot gear holding crowd back, protesters behind barricade, exterior shot of video store, shot through window of poster of Ho Chi Minh on store wall, man with mic addressing crowd.
Description A Vietnamese video store owner who tried to rehang a post of Ho Chi Minh was met by a crowd of one-thousand protesters this morning. The controversy began over a month ago, when Truong Van Tran put the poster and a Communist flag on display at his store. He was forced to take them down but had recently received a court order allowing him to rehang the items. Tran made his way safely to his store today to rehang the posters as police in riot gear kept the protesters at bay. Tran left shortly after. Most of the 200,000 people living in Little Saigon's residential area are former political prisoners or refugees of Vietnam who hate the communist government. The crowd of protesters was made of Vietnamese-Americans and American veterans of the Vietnam War. At least 12 people were arrested.
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