Anti-Asian attacks surged in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic: NYPD
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Fueled by the coronavirus pandemic, attacks against Asians surged in 2020 in New York City, city officials said Tuesday.
An NYPD’s hate crime task force recorded 28 anti-Asian attacks last year compared to two incidents in 2019, according to Deputy Inspector Stewart Loo.
“Obviously, we didn’t have the pandemic,” he said about the jump.
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The Civil War was not going well for the Union during the first two years. The Union was suffering defeat after defeat at the hands of Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia and it seemingly had no answer. Backstabbing and in-fighting among the Union’s Army leadership were rampant. President Lincoln had appointed a series of commanders looking for the one who would be able to take on Lee and beat the outnumbered but resilient enemy.
By the time of the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862, Lincoln had given command over to Ambrose Burnside. Burnside had the opportunity to surprise Lee but a series of failures would ultimately cause another Union debacle. In the battle of Fredericksburg Burnside’s army of 114,000 would engage Lee’s 72,500; it would be the largest battle of the Civil War.