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· Michelle De Pacina
Ordinarily Visible: Am I the next target of an anti-Asian hate crime?
I clenched onto my pepper spray with my right hand in the pocket of my puffer jacket as I held onto the cold, metal pole of a subway train with my left hand. I kept my head down, occasionally looking up to scan the people filling the R train at every stop. I didn’t do anything…
· Michelle De Pacina
Police arrest armed man who threatened to kill Rep. Pramila Jayapal outside her Seattle home
Seattle police arrested a 48-year-old armed man who appeared outside the house of U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D, WA-07) and threatened to kill her. A neighbor told police she heard the man yell, “Go back to India, I’m going to kill you.” The man, who reportedly lives about half a…
· Carl Samson
Elderly Asian woman shoved, robbed by duo in Queens
A 65-year-old Asian woman reportedly fell victim to a pair of violent robbers in Queens, New York City, on Sunday morning. The victim, who has not been identified, was strolling along 155th Street and 35th Avenue in Murray Hill at around 9 a.m. when the suspects approached her…
· Carl Samson
University of Wisconsin-Madison faces another anti-Asian attack
Less than a month after two of its Chinese students suffered physical attacks, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is dealing with yet another anti-Asian incident, according to reports. An Asian staff member was running on Lakeshore Path near Lot 60 when a man inside a car began…
· Carl Samson
Portland man accused of punching 5-year-old girl and her father now held without bail
Dylan J. Kesterson, who is accused of attacking a Japanese family in Portland, Oregon, is now being held without bail. Kesterson, 34, was first arrested shortly after the incident on Saturday, in which he allegedly punched a 36-year-old father and his 5-year-old daughter because…
· Bryan Ke
Viral video of Singaporean man slapping a woman after she kicked his car spurs debate
A man was filmed slapping a woman and throwing her to the ground after she repeatedly kicked his car during an altercation in Singapore. The video of the incident, filmed along Beach Road at around 9 a.m. on Wednesday, was shared online by the Facebook group SG Road Vigilante…
· Carl Samson
Portland man accused of punching 5-year-old Japanese girl and her dad re-arrested after court no-show
Dylan J. Kesterson, 34, was arrested for a second time after failing to show up to his arraignment hearing on Wednesday. Kesterson is accused of repeatedly punching a 36-year-old man and his 5-year-old daughter along Portland, Oregon’s Eastbank Esplanade on Saturday because he…
· Carl Samson
Portland man accused of punching 5-year-old girl because he thought she was Japanese pleads not guilty
Dylan J. Kesterson, 34, pleaded not guilty to charges he is facing in connection to an attack against an Asian family in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday. Kesterson is accused of repeatedly punching a 36-year-old man and his 5-year-old daughter after making “comments about his…
· Carl Samson
Asian man spat on, kicked repeatedly and told ‘Go back to China’ at McDonald’s drive-thru in Maryland
Shang Wang was allegedly spat on and kicked repeatedly at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Rockville, Maryland, on June 25. Wang told 7News that the incident started after he drove around a red Nissan SUV that was idling and blocking the drive-thru. The SUV’s driver allegedly called…
· Michelle De Pacina
Teen charged with Sikh hate crime attacks fatally stabbed in Brooklyn
Vernon Douglas, the 19-year-old charged in two Sikh hate crime attacks in Queens, New York, was found stabbed to death on a Brooklyn street on Thursday. Investigators have not made an arrest nor publicly identified a suspect; however, police do not believe the suspect was…
· Ryan General
Anti-Asian hate crimes in California surged 177% in 2021 — worst level since 9/11
California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that nearly 1,763 hate crimes were reported in 2021, indicating a 33% increase from 2020. This figure represents the highest tally since the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, when California saw 2,261 reported…
· Daniel Anderson
Unity March: First Asian American-led march on National Mall will bring together thousands
A historic first-ever multicultural march led by Asian Americans on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is scheduled to take place this week on June 25. The Unity March will bring together a coalition of over 50 nonprofit organizations representing various AAPI communities as…
· Carl Samson
Police identify 3 suspects in attack of Chinese PhD student at UW-Madison
Madison police have identified three of the four suspects from the June 14 attack on a Chinese Ph.D. student near the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Alijah C. Johnson (19), Cashius E. Carter (18), Abdoulah C. Traore-Flores (17) and an unidentified 15-year-old are facing…
· Carl Samson
4 arrested, including 15-year-old, for brutal attack on Chinese PhD student near UW-Madison
Four male suspects, including a 15-year-old, were arrested in connection to an assault that left a University of Wisconsin-Madison doctoral student with a bleeding ear last week. The suspects are believed to be the same individuals behind two other similar attacks in the past…
· Carl Samson
SF Mayor London Breed proposes $500,000 budget for Asian victims with limited English proficiency
San Francisco Mayor London Breed has proposed a $500,000 budget to expand services for Asian crime victims, particularly those with limited English proficiency. Nearly half of the budget ($240,000) will be used to fund trauma recovery clinical services in Cantonese for victims…
· Carl Samson
Florida woman charged with hate crimes, held on $20,000 bail for anti-Asian pepper spray attack
Madeline Barker, 47, has been charged with hate crimes in connection to a pepper spray attack against four Asian women in New York City’s Meatpacking District on June 11. Part of the incident was caught in a now-viral video, which shows a woman in pink threatening people around…
· Carl Samson
California church mass shooter charged with hate crimes, faces death penalty
Hate crime enhancements have been added to five attempted murder charges against David Wenwei Chou, the Las Vegas man accused of opening fire at the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California, on May 15. Handwritten notes showed that Chou, 68, was “upset…
· Ryan General
Man who pepper-sprayed group of Asian men for speaking Cantonese in Brooklyn arrested
On Nov. 2, 2021, Isaiah Jordan started mocking three middle-aged Asian men outside a restaurant in Brooklyn, New York, before punching one of them in the face and then pulling out a knife and a pepper spray canister. Surveillance video released by the New York City Police…
· Carl Samson
California man charged with hate crimes for assaulting Hispanic, Asian T-Mobile workers
Clifford Stewart, 61, has been charged with assault, vandalism and hate crimes after allegedly physically assaulting a Hispanic T-Mobile employee while yelling racial slurs at her and her Asian co-worker in Cupertino, California. The incident started when Stewart removed a store…
· Michelle De Pacina
Nepali man brutally attacked from behind and left unconscious while grabbing food in Oakland
A Nepali man was brutally attacked, robbed and left unconscious while grabbing food after work in Oakland, California. Sagar Tamang, 25, said he was attacked from behind while grabbing a hot dog from a street vendor at around 11 p.m. in front of the Fox Theater on Saturday.