Washington, DC, police are looking for a suspect in the assault of an Asian store owner
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Washington, DC, police are searching for a suspect in a possible hate crime following the assault of an Asian store owner on Tuesday that was captured on the business’s surveillance camera.
The Metropolitan Police Department said it is investigating the offense as “potentially being motivated in whole or in part by hate or bias.”
Reports of anti-Asian violence have been on the rise nationally. Since March 19, 2020 as Asian Americans were being erroneously blamed for the Covid-19 pandemic Stop AAPI Hate said it received more than 6,000 complaints of racism and discrimination.