Violence against Asians spikes in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California has witnessed a surge in anti-Asian violence over the last year.
According to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, San Francisco saw the second largest increase in reports of anti-Asian hate crimes, following New York City. Assaults have more than doubled, increasing by 140 percent between the first quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021.
The skyline of San Francisco, seen from the Coit Tower (Credit: Wikimedia)
There have been several high-profile attacks just since March.
On Tuesday, two elderly Asian women were stabbed at a bus stop in downtown San Francisco. The women, aged 63 and 84, both remained hospitalized as of Wednesday but are expected to survive.