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· Ryan General
Chuck Schumer, Mazie Hirono Urge Republicans Not to Block Bill Fighting Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he will be needing bipartisan support when he brings a bill against anti-Asian hate crimes to the senate floor this week. Schumer has since urged Republican senators not to block the bill that would need at least 60 votes before…
· Carl Samson
Man Charged With Hate Crimes for THREE Separate Attacks on Asian New Yorkers
A man has been arrested and charged with hate crimes for three separate attacks against Asian Americans in New York in the span of one month. Joseph Russo, 27, was most recently accused of assaulting a 77-year-old Asian man.
· Bryan Ke
Undercover Asian NYPD Officer Arrests Woman for Hate Crime After She Blamed Salon Workers for COVID
An undercover Asian officer from the New York Police Department (NYPD) has arrested a woman for hurling anti-Asian remarks at salon employees in Manhattan. The incident happened on Tuesday on Madison Street. The woman, identified as 50-year-old Sharon Williams, was caught…
· Carl Samson
Man Who Threw Rocks at Asian Mother and Child in Fullerton Charged With Hate Crime
A Caucasian man in Fullerton, CA has been charged with a hate crime after throwing rocks at an Asian woman and her 6-year-old son last month. The incident, which resulted in damages to the woman’s car, occurred while she was driving her son along a quiet stretch on March 31,…
· Carl Samson
Man Charged With Hate Crime After Yelling ‘Go Back to China’ at Asian Man in Connecticut
A man in Milford, Connecticut has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly berating another man for wearing a mask and demanding that he “go back to China.” Joseph Rohrig, 38, was driving in the area of Hill Street and West Town Street on March 30 when he supposedly pulled…
· Bryan Ke
Asian 7-Eleven Employee Punched in Possible Hate Crime in NYC
The New York Police Department is now investigating the attack on a 27-year-old 7-Eleven employee over the weekend as a possible hate crime. On April 3, just before 6 a.m., an unidentified man entered the convenience store’s branch at the corner of 8th Avenue and West 39th…
· Kimberly Nguyen
Racist Terrorizes Chinese Family’s Children, Home in Hate Crime in San Jose
A man has been arrested for demanding entry into a young family’s house in San Jose and yelling racial slurs at the couple’s 6-year-old twins inside in late March, according to Dion Lim. : ” ! ! ** ! !” ⠀ Huang and Ying are immigrants from China & in San Jose.
· Bryan Ke
Asian American Man Punched in Hate Crime Asks for Attacker to Get Restorative Justice, Not Jail
A Portland man has agreed to participate in a restorative justice resolution instead of facing jail time for attacking an Asian American man in December 2020. Daniel Hutchens, 38, pleaded guilty to a bias crime for assaulting an Asian American man at a Portland MAX stop last…
· Ryan General
Man Arrested For Hate Crime After Threatening to Shoot Chinese Customers at SF Bakery
A man who threatened to shoot Asian customers at a bakery in San Francisco has been arrested on hate crime charges, local authorities confirmed. Police were called to the 300 block of Golden Gate Avenue in Tenderloin on Sunday morning after a man “entered a local business,…
· Grace Kim
Man Arrested in Hate Crime After Stomping on Elderly Asian Woman in NYC
A man has been arrested on Wednesday on hate crime charges for the brutal assault of a 65-year-old Asian woman in Midtown Manhattan, according to police. The suspect, identified by the New York City police as Brandon Elliot, 38, was charged with two counts of assault as a hate…
· Grace Kim
Man Arrested On Hate Crime Charges For Threatening Elderly Asian Woman in NYC
A man, 48, has been arrested for harassing an elderly Asian woman, 65, in Midtown Manhattan over the weekend, according to police. Bobby Eli was arrested one day after the incident occurred on Friday and has been charged with second-degree aggravated harassment and third-degree…
· Editorial Staff
Bay Area Teen Shot Through Her Eye in a ‘Hate Crime,’ Family Says
Two teens were shot in San Francisco with one being hit in the eye in what the family is claiming to be a hate crime. One family of one teen has started a GoFundMe campaign for medical bills. The incident: Jessica Dimalanta was out with four other friends, one male and three…
· Carl Samson
New York Deploys Undercover Asian Agents to Combat Hate Crimes
In an effort to end the violence against Asian Americans, New York City will deploy officers to the streets in plain clothes starting this weekend. The plan, part of a two-pronged approach announced on Thursday, will use an all-Asian team of police officers, according to New…
· Ryan General
Asian American Army Veteran Beaten in Clear Hate Crime in SF
An Asian American Army veteran experienced verbal and physical abuse while at a bus stop in San Francisco. Ron Tuason, 56, claims he was assaulted for wearing a veteran’s hat near Ocean and Plymouth Avenues on March 13 at around 4 p.m., according to KPIX.
· Ryan General
Andrew Yang Says Atlanta Shooting Was ‘Clear as Day’ a Hate Crime
New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang has called the recent shooting in Atlanta a hate crime during an anti-Asian hate rally in Chinatown. Yang and his wife, Evelyn, joined hundreds of New Yorkers at Columbus Park on March 21 in condemning the wave of anti-Asian violence…
· Bryan Ke
Family of Woman Fatally Shot in Compton Demands Hate Crime Investigation
The family of a 28-year-old woman killed in a fatal shooting in Compton, California, is asking the police to look at the incident as a potential hate crime. What happened: Sia Marie Xiong, 28, was shot before 6 a.m. on March 20 on East Kay Street, the Los Angeles County…
· Bryan Ke
Man Charged With Hate Crime for Assaulting Filipino American Woman on Caltrain in San Jose
A 32-year-old man faces assault charges with hate crime enhancement following the attack on a 26-year-old Filipino American woman at San Jose’s Diridon Station last week. Official charges: Johan Strydom appeared at the Hall of Justice in San Jose on March 12, where he was…
· Carl Samson
Legendary Reporter May Lee Explains Why a Hate Crime is So Difficult to Prove
Attacks against Asian Americans are on the rise. While the Biden administration, local governments, private organizations, community groups and concerned individuals have collectively made contributions to curtail further violence, many believe there are more incidents than…
· Ryan General
Lawmakers Push Bill To Review COVID-Related Hate Crimes Faster
Two Democratic lawmakers in the two chambers of Congress are pushing a bill that would speed up investigations of alleged hate crimes related to the pandemic. Rep. Grace Meng (D-New York) and Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) reintroduced the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act to the House and…
· Ryan General
Biden Says Rise in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes is ‘Un-American and It Must Stop’
President Joe Biden has condemned the rising number of attacks on Asian Americans during his Thursday night’s address to the nation on the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden calls out the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans during the pandemic, saying they’re “attacked, harassed,…