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Somewhere. >> the american citizens for justice had garnered support far beyond the asian-american community. >> every religion and walk of life came together -- black, white, latinx, lgbt, jewish, muslim saying we are with you, we stand with you. >> with the high exposure and growing pressure the department of justice finally caved. >> a federal court in deis getting ready to decide whether two local men will ever have to serve a jail term for a killing they have already admitted to. >> it was the first federal civil rights trial involving an asian-american in u.s. history. >> if convicted bo...

Horrible, violent way. >> her only child. >> her only child. and it was as though he was killed again. she's two white killers get fined less than what you would pay for a used car. i just was so furious and upset by that. >> i thought that race was a factor. justice isn't blind. >> so you think that if vincent chin were white, the killers might have gotten a harsher sentence? >> oh, absolutely. vincent's life wasn't as much as a white man. >> i just thought this was wrong, this was so wrong, i have to do something about it. >> helen joined forces with lilly chin and other activists. they form...

Constitutional law professors, members of the aclu and the national lawyers guild, who said, you know this has nothing to do with race, because vincent chin is not black. civil rights laws only protect black people. and we said no. sin vent chin's civil rights should be protected as well. >> and to their surprise, they weren't the only ones who thought that. >> by a mother who sits here with us who's son brutally killed just because he was. what can we do in the aftermath? those who live, we must redefine america so everybody knows everybody sits in a rainbow somewhere. >> the american citizen...

Before. >> the american citizens for justice asked the judge to reconsider can the sentencing but were turned down. >> the decision was short and to the point. the three years probation and $3,000 fine will remain. >> but helen and lilly chin would not give up. >> i will continue to justice for my son. >> their last hope for them to serve proper jail time was to challenge the very definition of civil rights. they set out to prove to the federal government that vip sent was targeted and ultimately murdered because of his race. >> to get federal government to pay attention, we had to talk about ...

After all of that. it was heartbreaking. it was very clear for asian americans, there were so many hurdles to have to cross. justice had not been done. >> vincent lost his life because of the way he looked. japan was an easy target and he paid the price. sounds familiar, right? today asian americans are being scapegoated for everything from the coronavirus to china's economic rise. >> so we know that attacks on asians have gone up astro no, ma'amcally and we are about to meet an asian senior who got a pretty big shock in the middle of the night. it's true jen. this prebiotic oat formula moistu...