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· Bryan Ke
‘Hate has no place in America’: Biden meets hate crime survivors at White House summit
President Joe Biden met several hate crime survivors and the relatives of mass shooting victims during the United We Stand Summit at the White House on Thursday. Among those invited was Vilma Kari, the 66-year-old victim of a violent attack in New York City on March 29, 2021.…
· Ryan General
Report: Anti-AAPI hate crimes in Orange County continued to surge in 2021
According to a new report from the Orange County Human Relations Commission, the county recorded 398 hate crimes and incidents in 2021, a 6% increase from the 375 hate incidents in 2020. Hate crimes against Asian/Pacific Islander victims in 2021 registered a 43% increase from…
· Carl Samson
NYC man charged with hate crimes for headbutting Asian victim because he’s ‘Chinese’
A man accused of headbutting an Asian man in an unprovoked attack in Queens, New York City, in July has been charged with hate crimes. Rudy Coslopez, 41, allegedly approached the 22-year-old victim on Steinway Street near 34th Ave. in Astoria on July 12 at around 8:55 p.m. and…
· Ryan General
Indian American charged with hate crime over racist attack on fellow Indian in California Taco Bell
On Aug. 21, Krishnan Jayaraman recorded 37-year-old Singh Tejinder subjecting him to a racial tirade at a Taco Bell at Grimmer Boulevard in Fremont, California. Tejinder was caught on film spitting on the victim and calling him a “dirty Hindu” and a “disgusting dog.” The Fremont…
· Carl Samson
Suspects in attack of Chinese PhD student at UW-Madison not charged with hate crimes
Alijah C. Johnson, 19; Cashius E. Carter, 18; and Abdoulah C. Traore-Flores, 17, have been charged with multiple counts of battery and disorderly conduct for a series of attacks near the University of Wisconsin-Madison in June. The group’s alleged victims include a 26-year-old…
· Rebecca Moon
NYC Mayor Adams condemns anti-Hindu hate crimes following latest Gandhi statue vandalization
On Wednesday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams spoke out against anti-Hindu hate crimes after the Shri Tulsi Mandir’s statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalized twice. Mayor Adams joined State Assemblyperson Jenifer Rajkumar, local elected officials and interfaith leaders at the…
· Bryan Ke
Man, teen accused of Sacramento robberies targeting Asian women face hate crime enhancements
A 20-year-old man and a 17-year-old are now facing hate crime enhancements for a string of robberies in Sacramento, California, in April and May after investigators found evidence suggesting that the pair targeted the victims “due to their race.” The man was identified as…
· Editorial Staff
Fact check: US did not ‘bury’ data on anti-Asian hate crimes
A recent tweet claiming that the U.S. government has been “burying” the anti-Asian hate crisis is false. The allegation: In a recent tweet, investor and physician Michael J. Burry alleged that the government is “burying” the “anti-Asian violent hate crime crisis.” As of this…
· Carl Samson
Vandalism of second Gandhi statue in New York City prompts calls for hate crime charges
A Mahatma Gandhi statue outside a Hindu temple in South Richmond Hill in Queens, New York, was vandalized on Aug. 3. The toppled-over statue saw its arm cracked and its hand broken into pieces. Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar, the first Hindu American elected for office in New…
· Carl Samson
Man accused of attacking former San Francisco commissioner not charged with hate crime
Derrick Yearby, the man accused of attacking former San Francisco commissioner-at-large Greg Chew earlier this month, will not face hate crime charges. Chew, 70, was walking along 3rd and Folsom Streets at around 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 2 when a man riding a bike allegedly jumped off,…
· Carl Samson
Man indicted for hate crimes in Dallas Korean hair salon shooting
Jeremy Theron Smith, 37, was indicted Tuesday on multiple counts — including hate crime enhancements — for a Korean hair salon shooting in Dallas in May. Smith allegedly walked into Hair World Salon in the 2200 block of Royal Lane on May 11 and fired 13 rounds at seven people…
· Carl Samson
NYC career criminal sees hate crime charge dropped in alleged slashing of Asian woman
The hate crime charge against Anthony Evans, the man accused of slashing an Asian woman with a box cutter in New York City’s Times Square, was dropped on Wednesday. Evans, 30, was arrested on Tuesday morning for the incident, which left the victim with a severely injured hand…
· Carl Samson
NYC career criminal arrested, charged with hate crime for slashing Asian woman
Anthony Evans, 30, has been charged with assault as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly attacking a 59-year-old Asian woman in Times Square on Sunday. Surveillance footage of the incident at 7th Ave. and W. 42nd St. shows the alleged assailant running…
· Michelle De Pacina
Brutal attack on Chinese man in Auckland supermarket sparks calls for stronger hate crime laws in NZ
A Chinese father was grocery shopping at Pak'nSave Albany in Auckland, New Zealand, when a man verbally and physically harassed him on July 24. The man hurled racist remarks, including “go back to where you’re from,” according to the victim’s daughter. The father was reportedly…
· Michelle De Pacina
Assault on 51-year-old woman in New York sparks PH consulate call for Filipinos to report hate crimes
Elmer G. Cato, the Philippine Consul General in New York, called on Filipinos to immediately report hate crimes following an assault on a 51-year-old Filipino woman in Queens. The Filipino woman was verbally assaulted and harassed by a homeless woman who allegedly tried to…
· Carl Samson
Pacific Islander man charged with hate crime in robberies targeting Asian spas in Washington state
Tuli Aumaunofo Kalani Tevaga, 23, was charged with four counts of first-degree robbery and one count of a hate crime for allegedly targeting Asian-owned spas in Washington state from April to June. Tevaga, who is identified as Asian American and Pacific Islander himself,…
· Michelle De Pacina
Serial offender who punched Asian senior over 125 times in New York indicted on hate crime charges
Tammel Esco, the 42-year-old man arrested for allegedly punching a 67-year-old Filipino American woman in March, was arraigned on Tuesday and held without bail. Esco has been indicted on multiple hate crime charges, including attempted second-degree murder as a hate crime and…
· Carl Samson
Seattle man charged with assault, hate crime for attacks on 3 Asian women
Michael John Allen, 40, is facing hate crime and assault charges after allegedly attacking three Asian women in two separate incidents in downtown Seattle on July 11. During the first alleged attack, which occurred in the 500 block of Olive Way, Allen reportedly hit a woman in…
· Michelle De Pacina
Florida woman who pepper-sprayed Asian women in NYC indicted on hate crime charges
Madeline Barker, the 47-year-old woman accused of hurling xenophobic comments and pepper-spraying a group of four Asian women in Chelsea last month, was indicted on 12 hate crime charges on Thursday in Manhattan Criminal Court. Barker was indicted on eight counts of assault in…
· Bryan Ke
Man accused of throwing liquid on 2 Asian women on NYC subway charged with hate crimes
Derrick Johnson, 40, has been charged for assaulting two women of Korean descent and hurling anti-Asian slurs at them after entering the 47th-50th Streets/Rockefeller Center subway station in New York City on May 8. Johnson is facing two counts of third-degree assault as a hate…