Murder of Vincent Chin
Male, Deceased Person
1955 – 1982
Who was Murder of Vincent Chin?
Vincent Jen Chin was a Chinese American severely beaten in the enclave of Highland Park in the Greater Detroit area of Michigan state, in the United States, that led to his death in June 1982.
The perpetrators were Chrysler plant superintendent Ronald Ebens and his stepson, Michael Nitz. The lenient sentencing of these two men in a plea bargain generated public outrage over the murder attack, which included blows to the head from a baseball bat and possessed attributes consistent with hate crimes. Many of the layoffs in Detroit's auto industry, including Nitz's in 1979, had been due to the increasing market share of Japanese automakers, leading to allegations that Vincent Chin received racially charged comments attributing to the layoffs while being beaten.
The case became a rallying point for the Asian American community, and Ebens and Nitz were put on trial for violating Chin's civil rights. Because the subsequent Federal prosecution was a result of public pressure from a coalition of many Asian ethnic organizations, Vincent Chin's murder is often considered the beginning of a pan-ethnic Asian American movement.
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- Born
- May 18, 1955
Guangdong Province - Ethnicity
- Chinese American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Jun 23, 1982
Detroit
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on July 23, 2013
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