Hate crimes bring attention to Asian American community
Police received reports of nearly 3,800 anti-Asian hate incidents since COVID-19 hit, and it continues. Photo by Deena Kayyali | The Signal
An AAPI Data study shows that 10% of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have encountered anti-Asian hate crimes from January to March 2021, which exceeds the national average by about 6%. In other words, millions of AAPI have faced similar threats in their daily lives.
A mass shooting happened in three spas in north Atlanta on the evening of March 17, killing eight people, with six of them being Asian women.
Police caught the suspect, Robert Aaron Long, that night during his drive to Florida in a traffic stop on Interstate 75, roughly 150 miles south of Atlanta.