Round Rock ISD police investigating after board member receives threatening, racist comments Drew Knight
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After a Round Rock ISD School Board trustee received threatening and racist comments on his school board Facebook page, the district has spoken out, condemning the comments as vile and confirming that district police have launched an investigation.
The comments reportedly came after Trustee Jun Xiao defended the benefits of mask-wearing in schools. Screenshots from his page show comments calling Dr. Xiao the biggest fraud & the most dangerous ISD Trustee in Texas and calling Asians a treacherous lot. There were also threatening comments alluding to the violent character, Ramsay Bolton, in the Game of Thrones series.
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Wong joined other leaders on Friday in promoting the new hotline.
“We think that language access is very important to the Chinese community. This is a way of making sure that we close that gap in communication with a rising number of hate crimes and other crimes and Asian community, Wong added.
The phone number is 415-558-5588. In an emergency, officials recommend people still need to call 911 as it’s not a substitute. But if people have information about a crime, they can use it to share what they know.
“I’m not a single case in this city. I’m sure lots of people is facing the same problem so if everyone can stand up to report a case it will he,” said San Francisco resident Derek Tam.
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ORLANDO, Fla. Hundreds of vaccines went into arms Saturday at McCoy Elementary School as the parking lot opened to help increase COVID-19 vaccine access to more of the Orlando community.
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Asian Americans receive COVID vaccines at pop-up site
More than 700 Johnson & Johnson doses were available
Rep. Morales, Asian-Pacific Islander group partner to set up event
The goal was to expand access to more of Orlando community
Florida House Representative Daisy Morales (D-District 48), along with the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association, partnered on the pop-up vaccine event with 700 Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses.
“We let our Asian communities know that we are not ignored because they are underserved in their community,” Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association President Andrew Jeng said. “We, and our government, really care about us. We’ll be able to come out and feel more comfortable.”