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    Emil Lazarian
  • 6 years ago
    • Categories: 2019

Armenian Assembly of America Statement

The Armenian Assembly of America calls for universal condemnation of the provocative hate crimes committed at two Armenian schools in Los Angeles, California – Holy Martyrs Ferrahian High School in Encino and the AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School in Canoga Park – wherein individuals trespassed on private property and hung Turkish flags.

We urge a swift investigation and that the perpetrators are prosecuted and punished. We appreciate the Members of Congress that have stood in solidarity with the Armenian American community and would also like to thank the Command Staff of the Los Angeles Police Department, as well as Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz (5th District) and the Councilmember’s Director of Public Safety Gregory Martayan for their response and efforts.

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Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS