The Hmong American Ad Hoc Committee's press release on the planned march and rally at the Sacramento federal courthouse for Friday's motion hearing in the Harrison Jack case: Hmong Amer Ad Hoc Comm Press Release. Here's an excerpt:
Originally, the U.S. government accused General Vang Pao of being the key backbone for this case. However, after more than two years of discovery, the U.S. Government changed its mind and dropped all of the charges against him due to lack of evidence. Defense attorney, Mark Reichel, stated: "This is like dismissing charges against George Washington, but the rest of his troops are told they still have to stand trial."
General Vang Pao’s defense attorney, John Keker, called the sting operation “wrongheaded” and said the resulting charges had been “manufactured out of whole cloth.” In the eyes of the Hmong community and supporters, the federal government clearly engaged in outrageous government conduct against not only the Hmong veterans and one U.S. Army Vietnam veteran but the whole community.