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Man faces hate crime charge after Asian woman attacked in New York City's Chinatown N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Hate crimes bill: President Biden signs legislation to fight Asian American discrimination Replay Video UP NEXT A man was arrested after an attack against an Asian woman outside a New York City restaurant on Memorial Day. Alexander Wright, 48, was charged with assault, assault as a hate crime and criminal possession of a controlled substance after the unprovoked attack was caught on camera, according to the New York City Police Department. The suspect approached...

Violence against Asian Americans and Asians has grown despite increased national attention and political action against anti-Asian hate, experts say.

NYPD recommends hate crime charge against man accused of assaulting Asian woman in Chinatown elisfkc2 / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 The New York Police Department recommended a hate crime charge against a man who punched a 55-year-old Asian woman in an unprovoked attack in Chinatown on Monday night, the NYPD said in a release. The unnamed victim was taken to a local hospital in stable condition, police said. Alexander Wright, 48, was taken into custody and charged with assault as a hate crime, assault and criminal possession of a controlled substance, according to the release. He was removed to B...

Homeless man charged in Chinatown sucker punch of Asian woman has 17 prior arrests

Race hate attacker, 48, is arrested after 'sucker punching Asian woman, 55, in the face in NYC's Chinatown' Police arrested Alexander Wright, 48, shortly after the unprovoked attack; he has now been charged with a hate crime Asian woman, 55, was sucker-punched as she walked through Manhattan's Chinatown on Monday afternoon Surveillance video showed the victim falling to the ground due to the force of the punch; she was rushed to hospital for treatment  Video of the attack went viral on social media amid a surge of assaults on Asian-American people