They gather almost every night at San Francisco s Dragon Gate, the ornately decorated entrance to the nation s oldest Chinatown. Armed with only whistles and pamphlets, the volunteer neighbourhood patrol roams the streets, checking out ATMs and mum-and-pop shops in areas where Asian residents have experienced attacks that have left this neighbourhood on edge. Some volunteers drive more than an hour to walk these blocks - largely deserted by a combination of fear and pandemic lockdown - to hand out bilingual fliers that explain how to report a crime to police. Similar patrols have sprouted in Asian neighbourhoods in Oakland, California, Los Angeles and New York City, a response to what these communities say is a wave of racist violence and harassment since headlines about a virus from China began appearing in US media a year ago.
Nobody came, nobody helped : Fears of anti-Asian violence rattle the community
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Nobody came, nobody helped : Fears of anti-Asian violence rattle the community
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