WORLD / AMERICAS
By Summer Li Published: Apr 13, 2021 05:38 PM From the end of 2020, incidents in the San Francisco Bay Area in which Asians have suffered personal and property security threats have been escalating. In result, the residential Asian community is taking actions for protection against Anti-Asian hate.
Seattle Police officers confer after taking part in a public roll call at Hing Hay Park in the heart of Seattle s Chinatown-International District Thursday, March 18, 2021, at the start of their shift as part of a community response unit. Photo: VCG
Escalation
From the beginning, gangsters robbed shops and passersby in Chinatown. At the end of January, an African American youth suddenly began to push over innocent Asians in San Francisco and Oakland.