FBI San Francisco Special Agent in Charge Craig Fair on Combating Hate Crimes in Oakland Chinatown
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Written by Imperial Valley News
San Francisco, California - Joint Press Event with Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce Oakland, California May 13, 2021:
Thank you for inviting me here today. My name is Craig Fair, and I’m the special agent in charge of the FBI’s San Francisco Division. I’m here to talk about the critical work the FBI is doing to protect our Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in what has been an undeniably difficult and trying year.
Over the past year, the FBI has seen an increase in the number of reported hate incidents and hate crimes across the United States, in California, and right here in the Bay Area. Just like all of you, we are horrified by the acts of violence against members of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. Hate crimes and hate incidents can strike a nerve through a whole community and have taken an emotional toll on the AAPI members of our own FBI family. I know that many people are afraid for their own personal safety, and for the safety of their friends, family, and neighbors. No one should be afraid to walk down the street or feel like they could be targeted by an act of violence based on how they look, where they’re from, or any part of their identity. Acts of hate and racism have no place here.