the elizabeth ouyang has served as a spokesperson for danny chen's parents.ocates for victims of hate crimes and fair media representation for asian- americans. also with this is julia chung, a volunteer working on justice for private danny chen. welcome to "democracy now!" elizabeth ouyang, can you talk about the significance of the acquittal on the most serious charge of negligent homicide? >> i think it shows that they're trying to separate what they did to him from him taking his life when what they did to him very much contributed to his taking his life. >> what is happening with the others? how many people have been charged? holcomb is 30 days in jail? >> an he is allowed to remain in the military, more egregiously. asian american parents are going to be petrified to send their sons and daughters to serve in the army with a sergeant who has been convicted of racial treatment. there were eight soldiers charged in connection with his death. we still have four more soldiers to have been charged with negligent homicide, plus two of the high-ranking officers

. >> this sentence will not bring back danny chen his life was cut short at age 19. but what the sentence and verdict can do is send a loud message to superiors that they will be punished and punished severely, including discharge from the military. that is if they engage in similar types of misconduct. >> a peace caravan led by mexican activists kicked off a month-long crossed journey and los angeles on monday to call for an end of u.s.-backed drug war. the caravan for peace is organized byby mexican poet and activist javier sicilia, whose son was killed by drug traffickers last year. >> as a poet, i have always said poets are the voice of the tribe. what i think is in port is to give voice to many of the forgotten, many of the victims. and through that voice we have been able to put into the center of the consciousness of the country and the political consciousness, the people who are victims of this war and the necessity for justice, the need to have justice and create peace. >> los angeles was the first of around 20 stops for the peace caravan in its journey acro

soldiers court-martialed strolled in the death of army private danny chen has been demoted to sergeantand sentenced to three months confinement with credit for 90 days already served. in 19-year-old chinese-american chen allegedly took his life does weeks after he was deployed last october to afghanistan. his family says chen had been abused by comrades on an almost daily basis including racist hazing, with soldiers throwing rocks at him, calling him ethnic slurs and forcing them to do pushups or hang upside down with his mouth full of water. on friday, staff sergeant lamb dugas was found guilty of dereliction of duty for failing to prevent chen's hazing and making false statements to investigators. in response to the punishment, president of the civil rights group oca ny said -- republican congress member has apologized to his constituents after report emerged saying he had gone skinny dipping in the sea of galilee to in a fact- finding trip to israel last year. several republican members of congress reportedly took a late- night swim in the sea, some reportedly motivated by religious