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Ex-Gang Member Threatens To Kill Asians on Social Media, Arrested by Police
On 2/24/21 at 7:32 AM EST
A former gang member from Berkeley, California, has reportedly been arrested over hate crimes after posting threatening messages about Asians online.
The Oakland Police Department said a Berkeley man was taken into custody after social media partners alerted them to disturbing messages directed at Asian communities online.
Reginald Jackson, who police flagged as a gang member in previous investigations, shared a series of now-deleted and private posts on Twitter and Instagram that included references to beating up, robbing and blowing up Asians, according to ABC 7.
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Racism against the Asian and Asian American communities in the U.S. is nothing new. But since the beginning of the pandemic, which originated in Wuhan, China, violent acts against these groups have been on the rise, fueled by hateful comments referring to COVID-19 as the “Chinese virus.”
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