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In an exclusive interview, CeFaan Kim talks to a woman who believes she was the victim of a violent hate crime after a random, unprovoked attack on a subway train left her bloodied and beaten.
Herbert, who is founder of the statewide organization Advocates Without Borders, emphasized that certain things in the local government need to be done in order for the streets to be safer. We don t want our police forces defunded, so that way we can get these individuals off the street, he said. We have to make sure they identify bail reform. Bail reform is good, but there s problems with it, it has to be tweaked. We are letting folks commit crimes, and they are getting a pass to get out of the jail before the ink is even dry on the complaints, only to come back to hurt somebody else. That has to stop.
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Loo says he was infuriated and says it was inspiration for him to create the task force. Historically Asian Americans have been victims at a disproportionate rate in New York City, Loo said. And the service they get from the police department, they don t really look for it because they don t speak English, they re afraid of the police, there s cultural barriers and differences.
But a number of community leaders have been questioning how effective the task force has been, including community leader Don Lee, who helped that Brooklyn grandmother. We don t see any actual support given to them. We don t see accountability. How can you have accountability when everyone is a volunteer? Lee said. This is a good step in the right direction.