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Editorial: In the search for COVIDs origin, guard against hate Express-News Editorial Board FacebookTwitterEmail The scapegoat population is skyrocketing. Name a calamity, and there is a conspiracy theory to explain it — and a group to condemn for it. Some people — and they are legion — scorn facts and create their own truth or find distortions in online forums. The result is ugly. Jewish Americans were blamed for the recent airstrikes in Gaza, and Asian Americans have been targeted for a...

The NYPD is investigating yet another violent attack against people of Asian descent in New York City.

Nationwide efforts underway to disarm hate and make the Asian community feel safer and last updated 2021-04-27 15:54:06-04 SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Reports of violent crimes against people from the Asian community continue to come into law enforcement. But efforts are underway nationwide to help the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) community feel safer. "Taking public transportation or just walking out in public has been pretty challenging and pretty scary," said Paul Lim, a sophomo...

NYPD seeks attacker who kicked 61-year-old Chinese American man in head NYPD The NYPD Hate Crime division is searching for a suspect in connection with an attack on a 61-year-old Asian man. By: The Associated Press & Scripps National Posted at 4:37 AM, Apr 26, 2021 and last updated 2021-04-26 07:59:39-04 The NYPD is searching for a suspect in connection to a brutal attack on a 61-year-old Chinese American man that occurred Friday night. According to the NYPD’s Hate Crime D...

Supporting the Asian American community amid rise in hate crimes It is a shared struggle, all those racial tensions. Throughout the last year of the pandemic, 3,795 hate incidents were received by the Stop AAPI Hate Reporting Center. Those dates range from Mid-March 2020 to the end of February 2021. By: Cole Johnson and last updated 2021-04-13 10:33:07-04 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Throughout the last year of the pandemic, 3,795 hate incidents were received by the Stop AAPI...

On Saturday, the Chilean comedy show Mi Barrio aired a sketch where several men parodied the singers. Set like western interview shows, the men went on to misspeak the names of the original BTS members. They also mentioned North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un in a mocking manner. The artists were seen speaking Korean poorly, which is being interpreted by locals as clear mockery. Allegations Fans called it extremely insensitive considering hate received by Asians A BTSs fan account on Twitter, cal...

San Diego County officials hope the tool encourages communities to speak up and helps stop future hate crimes.

Man on New York subway spat at woman, yelled anti-Asian slurs, NYPD says NYPD and last updated 2021-04-05 07:29:51-04 NEW YORK — New York City police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man wanted for yelling anti-Asian slurs at a 44-year-old woman and her three children, spitting at her and kicking her cellphone off a subway train. The incident occurred on March 30, on a southbound No. 5 train headed to Times Square. Officers say the man fled on West 41st Street after the a...

S.F. police are increasing patrols in Asian American communities in wake of Atlanta spa shootings FacebookTwitterEmail San Francisco Police Department Chief of Police Bill Scott, right, listens as Mayor London Breed, left, during a press conference on Monday, March 16, 2020. In the wake of the Atlanta killing of six Asian women and recent Bay Area violence against Asian Americans, Breed has directed the San Francisco Police Department to immediately increase patrols in areas with high numbers ...

Share Share Following reports indicating that shootings left eight people dead in the Atlanta area, most of them Asian-American and women, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) released the following statement from Chief Inclusion & Strategic Innovation Officer Minjon Tholen: “This morning, an entire community and nation are waking up traumatized because of yet another hate-fueled mass shooting. We are witnessing the results of what happens when racist and misogynistic ideologies collide in a so...