Tag: anti-asian violence

Anti-Asian violence is a specific mode of anti-Asian hate. While you may or may not be hated, it’s made material when it becomes violence against you.

SF police data shows 567% increase in reports of hate crimes against Asian Americans

567% Increase in Hate Crimes Against Asians in SF

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… Read more »

The LA Artist Behind The Viral #StopAsianHate Portraits Wishes He Never Needed To Draw Another One

AAV Victims Art on NYC Billboard

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… Read more »

66-year-old woman attacked in Oakland Chinatown speaks out

Ms. Tse Surveillance Cam screenshot

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… Read more »

Justice for Jaxon Sales: Demand SF Police & SF Medical Examiner Investigate Jaxon’s Sales Death

Jaxon Sales 1

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… Read more »

Opponents of Anti-Asian violence must fight for mental health and housing reform

Jirajariyawetch attack in NYC Subway cropped

The case of attack on model Bew Jirajariyawetch raises questions about why violent schizophrenics are not receiving supervised treatment and housing for the benefit of all Thai model in a NYC subway station survives a violent attack on January 20, but questions “why nothing has changed.” 61-year-old homeless attacker, Martial Simon is identified as a… Read more »

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… Read more »

Friends, officials gather to honor Times Square subway victim Michelle Go

NBC Michelle Go Vigil in NYC

Vigils and events also held in San Francisco and Fremont, CA “We always saw her as a rock who would drop everything for her friends,” one friend said. Jan. 19, 2022, 11:51 AM PST / Updated Jan. 19, 2022, 12:49 PM PSTBy Sakshi Venkatraman Times Square’s famous steps were lit up with candles Tuesday night to honor the… Read more »

Reflections: Asian American woman rides subway with fear

NYC Subway signs

Posted By Barbara YauJanuary 17, 2022 By Barbara Yau, AsAmNews Staff Writer Asian Americans across this country are mourning Michelle Go who was senselessly killed after being shoved onto the New York City subway tracks this past weekend. It has spurred widespread discussion about rising subway crimes and anti-Asian hate on news outlets and social… Read more »