More Policing Is Not the Solution to Anti-Asian Violence
Oakland Deputy Police Chief Chris Bolton looks at a street vendor while visiting businesses around Chinatown in Oakland, California, on February 16, 2021.
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Asian Americans are crying out against an escalation of anti-Asian attacks in San Francisco, San Jose, New York, and all across the United States. In light of the scant media coverage, Asian American celebrities like Daniel Dae Kim, Daniel Wu, and cast members from the blockbuster film
Crazy Rich Asians have taken to social media to raise awareness of Asian elders who have been brutalized and killed. While calling out anti-Asian racism and violence is vital, the violence that Asian Americans experience is deeper than just hateful attitudes or interpersonal racial bias, it is also a story of state violence, including police-perpetrated violence– a truth that has received even less public attention.
Last year saw a record number of bias attacks against Asians in New York City, police statistics show accounting for 10% of all hate crime incidents investigated by the NYPD in 2020.