Roxanna M. Brown died / Video 1

Southeast Asian art historian Roxanna M. Brown died on May 14, 2008 while in custody of the FBI in Seattle, Washington. contact: www.Fred Leo Brown.com

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[JimHRobbins]

I met Roxanna in 1995 while in Thailand on a grant. Fred, could you please contact me. Your video is a worthy tribute to Roxanna's life force. Jim

[AaronDanielO]

Bravo for Roxanna. Bravo for you for making this video. Shame on the very, very foolish federal authorities. This is a travesty, their pursuit of this case. They are even more pathetic than Keystone Kops. They should be stopped.

[jomon68]

This is not acceptable, what kind of country am I living in?

[chicagoSUGANO]

WAKE UP AMERICA! The LA Times is printing Roxanna's story in 3 parts and this will open a Can of Worms that will reveal what's really going on with the government in the good old USA. It's getting scary in America,

people who are honest are getting slaughtered.

[chicagoSUGANO]

WAKE UP AMERICA! Protect your people, not kill them.  Fascism looks promising because our people who do good deeds are being slaughtered. What is up here? It's getting scary in the good old USA. Roxanna's story is a perfect example. Thanks to the LA Times for printing her story. The can of worms is open............

[TheRealCritique]

Apparently our federal police think they are operating in Stalinist Russia or Nazi Germ, and we all know how the US protectors of democracy responded to those assholes. When your govt starts killing its own citizens without recourse, that makes them no longer deserving of authority, respect or security. Like John Brown during the civil war, Roxanna Brown's name can be a rallying cry for a return to true democracy and the casting off of these fascistic drug-dealing arms-selling fascist agencies.

[NanhaiMarine]

I have been working with Roxanna since 1994 and shared her passion for Southeast Asian Ceramics. We were in contact almost every day and I know, better than anyone else, how Roxanna disliked any illicit trade and ill-handling of ancient pottery. How anyone could accuse her of any wrongdoing is beyond me. Being Swedish I am not impressed by the way FBI was treating Roxanna. Such a great loss for no reason!

Sten Sjostrand

Malaysia

[melbkk511]

Born after the reunification of Vietnam, I've never had a chance to meet Roxana in person but I was outraged by the way she died. It is a real loss to the committed intellectuals in Southeast Asia, she will remain in our memories.

[MrTamLe]

I first met Roxanna in 1970. She moved into our home and my mother adopted her as one of her own. In 1975 after the fall of Saigon, I escaped Vietnam. My wife, 2yr old daughter and I were arrested and placed into a refuge camp in Malaysia. Roxanna visited us bringing an apple for my daughter and a few US dollars for me. In 1982 I became a US citizen. On that day my heart was filled with pride and thoughts of Roxanna. It was my dream to one day be as great of an American as Roxanna Brown.

[tjlott]

You were at my school today talk about the Vietnam War. I felt obligated to do as you asked and watch this video. I really appreciated and enjoyed your play. I hope others got something out of it as well. Thanks again, Trista

(Ithaca High School)

[frannyuplate]

What a moving tribute to a deserving woman. I am ashamed of the Federal Prosecutors. Twenty years in prison because this woman was a victim of "electronic signatures?"

My heart goes out to this woman's family. Please support an investigation of this horrible event- a black mark on the history of our times. Checks of any amount to help investigate this terrible inequity:

Dr. Justin McDaniel

Dept. of Religious Studies

3046 INTN

University of California,

Riverside, CA 92521