The NYPD's Method Of Counting Anti-Asian Attacks Underestimates Severity Of Crisis, Critics Say
arrow NYPD officers patrol Chinatown following the deadly spa killing of 8 people mostly of Asian descent in Atlanta, Georgia John Nacion/NurPhoto/Shutterstock The NYPD struggles to accurately identify, track and communicate data about anti-Asian hate crimes — sowing confusion among victims and potentially hindering the department's response to the crisis, a Gothamist/WNYC investigation has found. As COVID-19 cases rose last year, so too did reports of attacks against Asian American New Yorkers. But police did not consistently tag them as racially motivated, and the NYPD to th...
Source: gothamist.com