Stop killing us : Attacks on Asian Americans highlight rise in hate incidents amid COVID-19 N dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Stop killing us : Asian Americans decry spike in violent attacks amid pandemic
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A series of violent crimes against Asians and Asian Americans has prompted activists and experts to warn that racist rhetoric about the coronavirus pandemic may be fueling a rise in hate incidents.
Police in Oakland, California, announced this week that they arrested a suspect in connection with a brutal attack of a 91-year-old man in Chinatown that was caught on camera. In less than a week, a Thai man was attacked and killed in San Francisco, a Vietnamese woman was assaulted and robbed of $1,000 in San Jose, and a Filipino man was attacked with a box cutter on the subway in New York City.
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