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· Michelle De Pacina
20-year-old man charged with hate crimes for attacks on 2 Sikh men in New York City
Hezekiah Coleman has been arrested and charged for attacking and robbing two Sikh men in Queens on April 12. Coleman is charged with one count of robbery and one count of aggravated harassment as well as two counts of robbery and one count of assault classified as a hate crime.…
· Bryan Ke
BLM sign vandalized to read ‘Asian’ instead of ‘Black’ being investigated as hate crime by Palo Alto PD
The Palo Alto Police Department has launched a hate crime investigation after a woman’s Black Lives Matter sign was vandalized and had the word “Black” replaced with “Asian” on April 5. The unidentified vandal reportedly used adhesive to stick paper to the BLM yard sign, causing…
· Michelle De Pacina
Indian student fatally shot outside Toronto subway in what family suspects is hate crime
Kartik Vasudev, a 21-year-old international Indian student at Seneca College, was shot eight times at the Sherbourne subway station in Toronto while on his way to a part-time job on April 7. He was pronounced dead shortly after being rushed to St. Michael’s Hospital. The…
· Ryan General
Woman, 72, agrees to sell home after alleged anti-Asian hate crime, flashing her Vietnamese neighbor
An elderly woman in Washington who was accused of a hate crime against her Vietnamese neighbor last year has agreed to sell her home to pay the victim $45,000. Jan Myers, 72, was charged with a hate crime on Thursday for harassing her neighbor Thi Pham in April 2021.
· Carl Samson
NYPD release footage of suspect wanted in hate crime that left elderly Sikh victim with broken nose
The New York Police Department (NYPD) released surveillance footage on Wednesday of a man accused of attacking a 70-year-old Sikh tourist in Queens. The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday near 95th Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard in Richmond Hill at around 7 a.m. Nirmal Singh,…
· Carl Samson
NYC man who attacked 7 Asian women in 3 hours charged with hate crimes
Steven Zajonc, 28, has been indicted on felony and misdemeanor hate crime charges for attacking seven Asian women on Feb. 27, Manhattan prosecutors said on Monday. The attacks reportedly began at around 6:30 p.m. near Madison Avenue and East 30th Street in Midtown and ended near…
· Jane Nam
‘It came out of nowhere’: ‘The Boys’ star Karen Fukuhara says she was victim of hate crime attack
Japanese American actress Karen Fukuhara, known for her roles in “Suicide Squad” and “The Boys,” posted on her Instagram yesterday, March 16, that she had been struck in the head earlier that day in what she described as a “hate crime.” “It came out of nowhere,” wrote Fukuhara.…
· Carl Samson
Repeat offender charged with hate crimes for punching NY elderly Asian woman over 125 times in the face
A 67-year-old Asian American woman in Yonkers, New York, was heading to her apartment when she passed by a man who called her an “Asian b*tch,” according to police. The man reportedly followed her to her building, punched her in the head and face more than 125 times, stomped on…
· Bryan Ke
Rally against anti-Asian hate crimes honors Atlanta spa shooting victims ahead of 1-year anniversary
Around 200 activists and community members gathered near the Young Girls Peace Monument in Brookhaven, Georgia, on Saturday ahead of the Georgia mass shooting anniversary on Wednesday. During last year’s incident, Robert Aaron Long reportedly shot and killed eight people,…
· Ryan General
‘Unprovoked’ razor blade attack on Asian man riding NYC subway being investigated as hate crime
A 41-year-old Asian man was reportedly riding a northbound J train in Manhattan when a stranger slashed his face with a razor blade. The alleged attack, which occurred at around 8:30 a.m. on Sunday near the Delancey Street/Essex Street station, was described by authorities as…
· Rebecca Moon
Lawmaker proposes free taxi rides and walking buddies trained in martial arts for hate crime targets
New York Assemblymember Ron Kim has proposed the creation of programs that would provide free taxi rides and walking buddies trained in basic defense techniques. The proposal was sent to Governor Kathy Hochul, asking that a declaration of disaster emergency be issued to help…
· Bryan Ke
Texas man accused of knife attack on Asian family he blamed for pandemic pleads guilty to hate crimes
Jose Gomez III, 21, recently pleaded guilty to three counts of committing a hate crime for attacking a Burmese family, including a father and his 6-year-old son, at a Sam’s Club Warehouse in Midland, Texas, in March 2020. Gomez allegedly used a serrated steak knife that he bent…
· Carl Samson
Hate crime charges for man who punched elderly Asian woman because he ‘doesn’t like how Chinese people look’
Hoa Nguyen, 67, was heading to a grocery store on the morning of Jan. 19 in Brooklyn when someone approached her and punched her in the face three times. Mercel Jackson, 52, who was reported to be homeless, was arrested minutes after Nguyen’s son called 911. Jackson reportedly…
· Editorial Staff
Head of NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force reassigned amid complaints about treatment of Asian victims
Jessica Corey, head of the New York Police Department’s Hate Crimes Task Force, was reassigned on Wednesday. The move came a day after an alleged incident involving mistreatment of an Asian American attack victim was brought to the attention of Mayor Eric Adams. In response,…
· Ryan General
Biden press secretary attributes anti-Asian hate crime spike to ‘hateful rhetoric’ about COVID-19 origins
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki blamed “hateful rhetoric” about COVID-19’s origins for the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes. A reporter asked a question about President Joe Biden’s plans to address the three-fold hate crime increase under the current administration. Psaki…
· Carl Samson
Suspect is charged with murder as a hate crime after Yao Pan Ma dies months later
Jarrod Powell, 50, was charged with murder as a hate crime on Thursday for the brutal attack that led to the death of 61-year-old Yao Pan Ma. The incident, which was caught on surveillance video, occurred along New York City’s East 125th Street and Third Avenue on April 23,…
· Carl Samson
Anti-Asian hate crimes up by 342% in 2021, new data shows
New York saw the highest number of anti-Asian hate crimes in 2021, according to data from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism in California State University, San Bernardino. Los Angeles surpassed other major U. S. cities in terms of overall hate crimes last year. Data…
· Carl Samson
SF DA says it objected to mental health diversion and release of man charged with 27 anti-Asian hate crimes
Derik Barreto, 37, is facing a total 33 charges — including 27 hate crime enhancements — after allegedly going on an anti-Asian burglary and vandalism spree between April and August of last year. Those enhancements accounted for a large portion of anti-Asian incidents reported…
· Carl Samson
SF man allegedly responsible for half of the city’s anti-Asian hate crimes in 2021 released from custody
Derik Barreto, 37, is allegedly responsible for more than half of all anti-Asian hate crimes reported in San Francisco last year. He was reportedly released from custody after the court granted him mental health diversion. The news of his release comes amid mounting concerns for…
· Carl Samson
Man charged with hate crimes for unprovoked attack on Asian boba tea shop owner in Las Vegas
The victim, who owns Cloud Tea near Buffalo and Flamingo Roads, was working when the suspect allegedly entered and began yelling anti-Asian slurs. The suspect, identified as Anthony Joseph Dishari, allegedly physically attacked the victim and left him unconscious with serious…