a climate more conducive for generations of home grown acts of violent hatred but not everyone wants to confront the problem or even admit it. some people want to look away to not see the mass killings in el paso, pittsburgh, the rise in anti asian and driven mind set being cut from the same ugly cloth. today in the first congressional testimony since being confirmed dhs secretary made the connections and the threat clear. right now at this point in time, domestic violent extremism, the lone wolf, the affiliation of individuals following hate and other ideologies of extremism that are willing and able to take those ideologies and execute on them in unlawful, illegal violent ways is our greatest threat in the homeland right now. in that, and other vent statements the priority as the new administration embraces that the old administration tried to down play but important to mention professionals were also sounding the alarm. here is the fbi director testifying last septembe
a 21-year-old man murdered eight people at a local spa. the terrifying 911 call made by one woman inside one of those spas. hurry. do you have a description of him, ma am? i am hiding right now. is it a male or female. they have a gun. a gun that killed eight people including six asian women. here are the names of the dead we know so far. age 33, yong, paul an andre michels age 54. yan age 49, daoyou feng at 44. very concerned. i have been speaking about brutality against asian americans the last couple of months, it is very very troublesome. i am making no connection at this moment of the killer. i am waiting for an answer as the investigation proceeds from the fbi and from the justice department. we are all waiting. in the meantime the fear among asian americans in this country is growing. crimes against asians in america have spiked during the pandemic. 150% in antiasian hate crimes in major u.s. cities in 2020 while overall hate crimes fell by 7%. tonigh