lives are complicated when people like him stop masking up. it s the trauma the asian-americans are coping with and the ongoing attacks and fears of more attacks they face daily. a house judiciary committee heard about lawmakers about the climate of hatred they are experiencing. the committee heard from chip roy, the ranking republican who used part of his time to fondly recall the good ole days when lynchings in texas were a-okay. there s old sayings in texas about, you know, find all the rope in texas and get a tall oak tree. we take justice very seriously and we ought to do that, round up the bad guys. so, to a community living in fear of random acts of violence during a hearing to address that violence in discrimination, congressman roy there seems to have praised the idea of mobs of people lynching other people from trees. just as americans of asian descent are being slandered with false loyalty to another country, congressman roy decided now is the time to stoke th
co coping with in the wake of the atlanta shootings. today, a house judiciary subcommittee heard testimony from asian-american lawmakers about the climate of hatred that they, and their constituents, are experiencing. the committee also heard from texas congressman, chip roy. the ranking republican who used part of his time to recall the good, old days, when lynchings in texas were a-okay. there s old sayings in texas about, you know, find the rope in texas and get a tall-oak tree. we take justice very seriously, and we ought to do that. round up the bad guys. so, to a community living in fear of random acts of violence, during a hearing to address that violence and discrimination. congressman roy, there, seems to have praised the idea of mobs of people lynching other people from trees. and just as as americans of asian desent are being slandered with false allegations of loyalty to a foreign country, racist allegations that have, frankly, a long history in this country
off the table. explosive hearing on capitol hill where chip roy invoked lynchings and railed against china, prompting a very emotional congresswoman grace ming to accuse him of, quote, putting a bulls eye on the backs of asian americans. congresswoman grace meng is standing by live. we ll discuss with her in a few minutes. we re also following new video released by the fbi showing some of the most violent attack on capitol police during the january 6th capitol siege. they include rioters beating police with metal poles, stolen shields and doucing them with chemical sprays. we ll share that video with you. that s coming up. first, let s go straight to atlanta where ryan young is joining us. ryan, atlanta s deputy police chief is stressing that this investigation is clearly ongoing. reporter: yeah, wolf. we ve been learning new details from the atlanta police department. they are stressing the fact that they are going through this as a separate investigation. they still say
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