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· Carl Samson
NY career criminal sentenced to 17.5 years for punching Asian senior 125 times
Tammel Esco, 42, has received a 17.5-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to brutally attacking a senior Asian woman in Yonkers, New York, in March. The incident, which was caught on surveillance video, saw Esco punch the helpless senior more than 125 times, stomp on her…
· Bryan Ke
New York now requires those convicted of hate crimes to undergo hate crime prevention training
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) announced the signing of two new bills, Assembly Bill A1202 and Assembly Bill A5913A, to address the “rising tide of hate” in New York City on Tuesday. The first bill will require New Yorkers convicted of hate crimes to undergo mandatory training and…
· Ryan General
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist mocks Asian woman’s complaint about NYC subway violence on Twitter
Journalist Nikole Sheri Hannah-Jones, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her work on the controversial 1619 Project, mocked a New York woman’s tweet about the persistence of violence on New York's subway under the current local administration. Yiatin Chu, founding co-president of…
· Michelle De Pacina
2 Hawaiian men found guilty of hate crime for attacking white homeowner
On Nov. 17, a federal jury found Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi, 32, and Levi Aki, Jr., 33, guilty of a hate crime for attacking Christopher Kunzelman, a white homeowner, in Maui in 2014. On Feb. 13, 2014, the defendants barged into Kunzelman’s property to demand he leave. They threatened…
· Michelle De Pacina
Teen’s eulogy to ‘racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, Trump-loving’ father at his funeral goes viral
Saga, a 19-year-old TikTok user, has gone viral after sharing a video of their eulogy to their deceased father at his funeral, in which they call him a “racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, Trump-loving” man. “You are everything I aspire not to be…I swear to god, I will make this…
· Carl Samson
California soft-launches hate crimes resource line
California soft-launched a resource line on Tuesday that facilitates the reporting of hate incidents. The program, known as CA vs. Hate, aims to provide hate victims with culturally competent resources, including options and advice on steps to take after an incident. A dedicated…
· Carl Samson
Asian business owners targeted in string of Virginia burglaries
Authorities in Henrico County, Virginia, have warned residents of home burglaries that target Asian business owners, with at least two incidents reported in the last month. News of the burglaries comes after an Indian restaurant in the same county suffered an anti-Asian…
· Carl Samson
California man charged with hate crimes for targeting South Asian women in necklace robbery spree
Lathan Johnson, 37, is facing robbery and hate crime charges after allegedly targeting South Asian women in a two-month robbery spree in the San Francisco Bay Area. Beginning in June, Johnson snatched approximately $35,000 worth of necklaces off of at least 14 women in San Jose,…
· Daniel Anderson
Survey reveals Anti-Asian hate crimes in the US are scaring away Chinese travelers
A new survey of 1,000 mainland Chinese citizens found that a majority had “little to no interest” in U.S. travel. The biggest reasons all involve perceived anti-Asian violence and discrimination in the U.S., with 57% citing violent crime, 52% citing terroism and 44% concerned by…
· Carl Samson
‘There remains much work to do’: Biden’s Advisory Commission on AANHPI releases inaugural report
U.S. President Joe Biden’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) released its inaugural report and held its third public meeting this week. The inaugural report, which was sent to Biden on Aug. 24, presents more than a dozen…
· Carl Samson
NYPD cop of 18 years charged with hate crime over anti-Muslim attack
The New York Police Department fired Riggs Kwong, an 18-year veteran, on Sept. 6 for his alleged involvement in an anti-Muslim attack earlier this year. Kwong, 50, is facing multiple charges — including hate crimes — for the Jan. 16 road rage incident, which allegedly saw him…
· Carl Samson
Repeat New York offender who punched elderly Asian woman over 125 times pleads guilty to hate crime
Tammel Esco, 42, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to first-degree assault as a hate crime in connection with a brutal attack on an elderly Filipino woman in Yonkers, New York, on March 11. Esco and the victim reportedly lived in the same apartment building where the incident took…
· Iris Jung
S. Korean President Yoon proposes new ministry to protect Korean Americans from hate crimes
On Tuesday, President Yoon met with overseas Koreans in New York City and vowed to increase efforts to protect Koreans and Korean Americans against hate crimes. He announced a bill aimed at establishing a ministry dedicated to overseas Koreans is expected to be passed by the…
· 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
Hawaii awarded $3.5 million to lead national mental health center for AANHPI
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded Hawaii’s Department of Health nearly $3.5 million to create the AANHPI Behavioral Health Center of Excellence. The first-of-its-kind national center will promote “culturally and linguistically appropriate behavioral health…
· 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
Elderly Filipino woman ‘punched without provocation’ by female attacker in New York City
A 74-year-old Filipino woman was “punched without provocation” by an unidentified woman while walking along Madison Avenue near East 52nd Street in New York City at around 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Elmer Cato, the Philippine Consulate General in New York, retweeted a video clip of…
· Carl Samson
AAPIs mark the largest increase among new immigrants in state legislatures since 2020, report finds
There are 27 newly-elected Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in the 2022 legislative session, the largest gain among groups of first and second-generation U.S. immigrants since 2020. The finding comes in a new report by New American Leaders, a nonpartisan nonprofit…
· 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…
· Michelle De Pacina
Suspect in California Taiwanese church mass shooting pleads not guilty
David Wenwei Chou, the 68-year-old Las Vegas man accused of firing multiple rounds at the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in California in May, has pleaded not guilty. He was previously charged with one count of murder and five counts of attempted murder with hate crime…