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Film & TV
Manny Pacquiao produces film ‘Almighty Zeus’ tackling anti-Asian hate crimes
“Almighty Zeus,” a movie produced by eight-division world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, centers on anti-Asian hate crimes and showcases u...
Michelle De Pacina
Crime
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, a...
Carl Samson
Politics
New report reveals how political rhetoric worsens anti-Asian hate ahead of midterm elections
Advocacy group Stop AAPI Hate has released its new report, titled “The Blame Game: How Political Rhetoric Inflames Anti-Asian Scapegoating,...
Bryan Ke
Bay Area
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 th...
News
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 ...
Daniel Anderson
‘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 Wh...
Orange County
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...
Ryan General
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 an...
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 ...
Transgender activist attacked in San Francisco robbery attempt says she was targeted for being Hindu
Anjali Rimi, president and chief executive officer of Parivar Bay Area, a San Francisco-based nonprofit supporting queer and trans South As...
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...
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 5...
‘I hate Koreans!’: Harlem man spews anti-Asian remark and punches senior woman, 76, in the head
Tiffany Felder, 52, was arrested and charged with hate crime for attacking a 76-year-old Asian woman in Harlem, New York, on Wednesday. Fe...
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 47...
Man accused of attacking Filipino American family at Hollywood drive-thru pleads not guilty
Nicholas Weber, the 31-year-old man accused of hurling racial slurs and attacking a Filipino American family at a McDonald’s drive-thru in ...
Portland man charged for punching 5-year-old Japanese girl accused of earlier attack on Filipino woman
A man accused of punching a Japanese man and his 5-year-old daughter in Portland, Oregon, on July 2 is facing new charges over a previous al...
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 ki...
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 ...
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 accu...
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, ...
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...
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...
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....
Man who attacked Filipino family in North Hollywood drive-thru arrested, charged with hate crimes
Nicholas Weber, 31, who reportedly harassed and attacked a Filipino family at a McDonald’s drive-thru in North Hollywood on May 13, was arr...
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 Wiscons...
Los Angeles
Activists demand justice for victims of anti-Asian attack at North Hollywood McDonald’s drive-thru
Dozens of supporters stood beside the Roque family outside the Van Nuys District Attorney's Office in Los Angeles on Friday as they ur...
‘NO G**KS’: San Leandro man arrested for vandalizing neighbor’s home with anti-Asian graffiti
Nicholas Swyers, 25, was arrested on Monday for allegedly spray-painting a home in San Leandro, California, with anti-Asian graffiti. The ...
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 M...
‘Tonight, it’s my turn’: Chinese PhD student attacked by 5 men near University of Wisconsin-Madison
A Chinese doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was reportedly assaulted by a group of five men while walking home on Uni...
Filipino family attacked at North Hollywood fast food drive-thru by man who called them ‘so Asian’
A Filipino family was threatened and physically attacked at a fast food drive-thru in North Hollywood, California, on May 13. Nerissa Roqu...
Suspect accused of slashing Asian man during Brooklyn subway argument arrested
Nicholas Martin, the 24-year-old suspect accused of hurling anti-Asian remarks and slashing an Asian man on a subway train in Brooklyn, New...
New York
Only 3% of reported anti-Asian attacks in NYC led to hate crime convictions, new report finds
The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) released a report highlighting that only seven out of the 233 reported anti-Asian a...
Ohio Democratic rep. blames white supremacy for Dallas Korean hair salon shooting
Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty (D, OH-3) spoke at the Capitol on Thursday, stating that “three people in a Korean-owned hair salon” were gunn...
Jane Nam
Suspect in California church mass shooting was motivated by hate against Taiwan, police say
The fatal shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Southern California is now being investigated as a hate crime, authorities said on Mond...
AAPIs mostly likely to support recall of San Francisco DA Boudin, poll reveals
San Francisco’s Asian American voters are most likely to support District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s recall, according to a new poll from The ...
New York City Council holds hearing on wave of anti-Asian hate crimes
New York City Council members convened on Tuesday for a hearing to address ongoing local anti-Asian hate issues. The hearing was conducted...