Category: News
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Demand NYC MTA to build safety barriers to prevent people being pushed onto the subway tracks
https://www.change.org/p/new-yorkers-demand-mta-to-build-safety-barriers-to-prevent-people-being-pushed-onto-the-tracks At least 4 Asians have been shoved towards the tracks in about 6 months. At least 50 people have lost their lives in just the first 8 months of 2021 (as reported by NY Post using MTA records)having been hit by a train and others have narrowly escaped death. THAT IS OVER 6 PEOPLE…
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Nationwide, Anti-Asian Hate Crimes More Than Tripled in 2021
NBC NewsKimmy YamMon, January 31, 2022 New research released Monday finds that hate crimes targeting the Asian American community have reached some unprecedented levels. The compilation of hate crime data, published by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, revealed that anti-Asian hate crime increased by 339 percent last year compared to the…
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Asian Justice Rally: A National Day of Remembrance & Action
In honor of Asian America victims of racist violence, and marking one year from the day Vicha Ratanapakdee died after being attacked in San Francisco, “Asian Justice Rallies” were held on Sunday, January 30 in multiple cities across the U.S. Asian Americans continue to stand up against the tide of violent attacks. More coverage here:…
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Bystanders intervene in attack on Asian Am man in San Francisco
https://asamnews.com/2022/01/31/san-francisco-thai-and-chinese-man-attacked-for-the-second-time-in-recent-years/ AsAmNewsPosted By RandallJanuary 31, 2022 A celebratory occasion turned to tragedy for a Thai and Chinese American man attacked near San Francisco City Hall. It could have been a lot worse if it wasn’t for a group of up to six bystanders who attempted to intervene and shield him from his attacker. A man…
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SF police data shows 567% increase in reports of hate crimes against Asian Americans
The figures are probably an undercount because hate crime incidents are underreported. The new data comes as several high-profile attacks and killings have placed renewed attention on violence affecting Asian Americans across the US. In March 2021, a gunman opened fire at several Atlanta massage parlors, killing eight people, including six Asian women. Reports of…
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The LA Artist Behind The Viral #StopAsianHate Portraits Wishes He Never Needed To Draw Another One
LAist By Josie Huang Published Jan 24, 2022 2:08 PM https://laist.com/news/stopasianhate-artist-viral-la-jonathan-chang-pandemic-attacks-asians Jonathan Chang has drawn enough portraits of Asians attacked during the pandemic that he has a whole system down. As soon as he decides to spotlight a case, he fires up Photoshop and studies the image of the victim used in news reports. Within a…
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66-year-old woman attacked in Oakland Chinatown speaks out
AsAmNews Posted By RandallJanuary 24, 2022 Dion Lim of KGO ABC 7 in Oakland was able to get in touch with the senior seen on camera earlier this month who was shoved to the ground from behind by a cowardly thug in Oakland’s Chinatown. Videos from multiple angles show a woman who only wanted to…
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Justice for Jaxon Sales: Demand SF Police & SF Medical Examiner Investigate Jaxon’s Sales Death
Please sign and share the petition: https://www.change.org/p/san-francisco-police-department-and-san-francisco-office-of-the-chief-medical-examiner-justice-for-jaxon-sales-demand-sf-police-sf-medical-examiner-investigate-jaxon-s-death In a case that sounds eerily similar to the Ed Buck case in Los Angeles that resulted in the death of Gemmel Moore in Los Angeles and also the Lauren Smith Fields case in Connecticut. Oligarchy (control of government by monied interests) and white supremacy are one and…
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Vigil held to honor Yao Pan Ma in East Harlem
Anti-Asian incidents in NYC increased by 343% to 133 in 2021 compared to 30 incidents the previous year By Anna Lucente SterlingManhattan PUBLISHED 4:00 PM ET Jan. 21, 2022 Dozens of people gathered on Friday morning in East Harlem to honor Yao Pan Ma, the 61-year-old man who died on New Year’s Eve from injuries…