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A recent rash of anti-Asian hate crimes in California is continuing, with more verbal and physical assaults reported in the last week.
An Asian American woman was spat on and called racial slurs in her own garage. Another woman was punched and bombarded with racial comments in a park.
On a bus in Eagle Rock, an attacker apparently mistook an elderly Latina woman for Asian, calling her an anti-Chinese slur before reportedly pulling her hair and breaking her nose.
Seemingly bothered by the drumbeat of hate, a Korean man in Orange County allegedly kidnapped a woman he thought was white but who turned out to be Asian.
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By City News Service
Mar 14, 2021
NORTH HOLLYWOOD (CNS) - Two people were killed in a crash triggered by a speeding motorist in North Hollywood who lost control of his vehicle, killing a pedestrian and one of the occupants inside his car, authorities said today.
The motorist was speeding northbound on Vineland Avenue about 6:30 p.m. Saturday, when he lost control of his vehicle and struck a pedestrian, said Officer William Cooper of the LAPD s Media Relations Section.
The pedestrian, a 37-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene, Cooper said.
The initial report, in the 11000 block of West Oxnard Street Saturday, indicated a vehicle crashed into a liquor store, ejecting one person and trapping three others inside, said Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
By City News Service
Feb 25, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle officer was hospitalized this morning with injuries sustained when an SUV plowed into his bike in South Los Angeles.
The crash occurred about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday near West Adams Boulevard and 13th Street, said Officer William Cooper with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Video from the scene showed an SUV slamming into the motorcycle and a department cruiser parked next to the motorcycle.
No details were immediately available on the extent of the officer s injuries.
The driver of the SUV was detained at the scene, ABC7 reported.
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