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A National Day of Mourning
Diverse Buddhist leadership mark 49 days since Atlanta shooting.
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Buddhist clergy, including Rev. Cristina Moon (right) of Daihonzan Chozen-ji International Zen Dojo in Honolulu, are connected to one another by string at the conclusion on Tuesday of “May We Gather,” a memorial to victims of anti-Asian violence, marking 49 days since the mass shootings in Atlanta. (Photos by MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS / The Rafu Shimpo)
By GWEN MURANAKA, Rafu Senior Editor
On May 4 the 49th day since a gunman killed eight in Atlanta, including six Asian women Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo played host to a stirring memorial for the dead and those suffering from anti-Asian hate.
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Dennis Prager
On March 23, Mohammad Anwar of Springfield, Virginia â a 66-year-old immigrant from Pakistan earning his living as an Uber Eats driver â was killed by two girls, ages 13 and 15.
They carjacked Anwar, tasered him, and then â as he held on to the car (the source of his livelihood) in an attempt to stop them from stealing it â floored the gas pedal and crashed the car, killing him when he was thrown from the vehicle.
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As reported the next day in The Washington Post:
“Anwar tried to force his way back into the car by climbing on top of the teen in the driver’s seat, [Detective Chad Leo of the Washington, D.C., police homicide unit] said. Before he could get all the way in, though, the 13-year-old reached over from the passenger seat, turned on the ignition and ‘manipulated’ the gear shift, Leo said.
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Dennis Prager is a columnist for The Daily Signal, nationally syndicated radio host, and creator of PragerU.
On March 23, Mohammad Anwar of Springfield, Virginia, a 66-year-old immigrant from Pakistan earning his living as an Uber Eats driver, was killed by two girls, ages 13 and 15. They carjacked Anwar, Tasered him, and then, as he held on to the car (the source of his livelihood) in an attempt to stop them from stealing it, floored the gas pedal and crashed the car, killing him when he was thrown from the vehicle.