Have been interpersonal violence involved here, maybe issues of domestic violence. we know it s gun violence. so all of those really have come together in what s happened. so we need long-term solutions. congresswoman said last night during the press conference, is there any his stris of domestic abuse. i was surprised she brought that up, but that s important. right. we need to know what happened so that we can ensure it doesn t happen again, right? so we can provide the resources that the community needs. let me just share that, you know, as part of stop aapi hate and the aapi equity alliance, we have 40-plus coalition member organizations. they are on the ground right now providing mental health services, legal assistance. there s now a gofundme page for folks who want to provide help directly to victims and
As we pray for those who are injured, and as we grieve for that as many people whose lives are forever changed. as we mentioned, the shooting happened near lunar new year celebrations. officials have not said this shooting is tied to the celebrations. possible connection all but lost on americans celebrating the lunar new year, like in new york city. george soliz is tracking that part of the story tonight and manhattan s chinatown. lunar new year events here in new york city going off without a hitch, that was to the delight of many who didn t want that dark tragedy in monterrey park, california, to overshadow what the new year signifies to so many in the aapi community. a heightened police presence was also visible here direct events. that was by design. officials noting that they wanted to increase patrols given what had taken place in california, even though a motive is still not clear at this time, organizations like stop aapi hate putting at their
When we started to see a rise in incidents, attacks, verbal harassment against community members. what we did know is that while we asked our government to track this data, we started stop aapi hate to understand the nature of the hate and discrimination and bias our communities are experiencing so that we could also address meaningful solutions. regrettably i m not surprised by the latest reports on the rise against hate against our communities and other affected communities because it comports with our data and what we re seeing. and for us one of the things that i think is important to note is law enforcement often tracks incidents defined by law as a hate crime. and we do track all incidents of
Communities. now, on the opposite coast, our next guest is part of california s new commission on the state of hate. in los angeles, the most populous county in the country, numbers are showing how dangerous things are getting. according to the county commission on human relations, 2021 hate crimes report, reported crimes rose 23%. 74% violent in nature. the highest percentage in at least 20 years. the biggest motivation, race. with a two-decade-year high in anti-asian crimes. cynthia is one of the founders of stop aapi hate and co director of chinese for affirmative action. she s also part of california s new commission on the state of hate. cynthia, thank you for being here. what are you seeing and hearing that made you want to be part of this? well, thank you so much for having me. well, we started stop api hate
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) Officials and Asian communities in San Francisco, in the western U.S. state of California, addressed the surging hate crimes