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Prosecutor seeks death penalty for Atlanta spa shooting suspect Cherokee County Sheriff's office Robert Aaron Long, Georgia massage parlors shooting suspect. ATLANTA, Georgia — Robert Aaron Long, the suspect in the shootings that left eight people dead at three Atlanta-area Asian spas, has been indicted on murder charges, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty for hate crimes targeting the sex and race of the victims, according to a source familiar with the criminal investigation. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis filed notice Tuesday that she plans to seek the death penalty a...

Grief and anger; Asian American community calls for action at Needham vigil Wicked Local A man killed eight people, including six Asian women, at three Atlanta-area spas on March 16 in a shooting spree he later told investigators was inspired by "sexual addiction." In court a day later, prosecutors charged Robert A. Long with eight counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault. The killings came amid a recent wave of attacks against Asian Americans coinciding with the spread of the coronavirus in the United States; but Long told authorities his actions were not racially motivated and...

close to having a moment of self-realization. The paper of record published a lengthy profile this month on former alt-right YouTuber Caolan Robertson, characterizing his methods for promoting far-right viewpoints, all while growing a sizeable online audience, as exceptionally devious and innovative. The funny thing is: There is nothing original or ingenious about the model employed by Robertson, especially his use of staged confrontations and selectively edited interviews. Indeed, major newsrooms have fed and grown their audiences for decades using the same techniques described by the former...

increase font size The shootings fit into a sad pattern in the United States By Jeff ChangSpecial To The Washington Post Read Article A vigil and march to remember and honor the eight lives lost Tuesday in Atlanta takes place in the Chinatown area of Washington, D.C., on March 17. Astrid Riecken for The Washington Post When former president Donald Trump began a year ago to attach the spread of the coronavirus to Asians and Asian Americans by using the term “the Chinese virus,” he was hardly being original or clever. And neither is Robert Aaron Long, the accused killer of eight people...

Yes, the Atlanta shooting was a hate crime fueled by racism and misogyny On March 16, 2021, a white gunman was charged with killing eight people in three separate spas in Atlanta. Six of those victims were Asian women. According to the shooter, he saw spas as the source of his sexual temptations and believed that eliminating them would suppress these urges. Even though the shooter correlated the spas with his sexual desires, there is no evidence that the spas had any connections to sexual work. Shortly after the shooting, Cherokee County sheriff spokesman, Jay Baker, commented on the situatio...