Man on New York subway spat at woman, yelled anti-Asian slurs, NYPD says
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and last updated 2021-04-05 07:29:51-04
NEW YORK â New York City police are asking for the publicâs 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 attack.
The woman was taken to a hospital in stable condition for observation.
Authorities on Saturday asked anyone with information to call New York City police, who are calling the incident a hate crime.
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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 of Asian residents, visitors and businesses.Michael Short / Special to The Chronicle
San Francisco police stepped up patrols in neighborhoods with high numbers of Asian residents, visitors and businesses Wednesday in the wake of the killing of six Asian women in Atlanta and a recent surge of violence in the Bay Area against Asian Americans.
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