Yuk-Jen Loy: The Traditional Chinese Mourning Period

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Monday marks the traditional Chinese mourning period of 100 days. One hundred days, 2,000 plus hours.

The Chinese mourning period may be over, but the pain over the death of Yuk-Jen Loy is not.

A few dozen gathered on a pad of concrete in Chinatown Monday night across from the spot where the 72-year-old grandmother was pushed to the ground last summer.

Police said 24-year-old Tajanetta Downing shoved her. A day and a half later, Loy died from injuries related to the fall.

"I find it pretty horrible that someone would even think about doing that to someone who's elderly," said Bythe Schulte, a member of the Chinese-American community.

Now the Chinatown community has a new concern; Downing's bail was reduced last month from $75,000 to

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