The teenager who shot the video of the arrest that set off nationwide protests testifies that then-Officer Derek Chauvin gave the crowd a ‘cold’ and ‘heartless’ stare.
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Video shows vicious attack on Asian American woman in New York
The New York City Police Department says an Asian American woman was attacked Monday by a man who repeatedly kicked her in front of witnesses who apparently stood by.
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Witness in ex-officer’s trial recounts seeing George Floyd ‘slowly fade away’
Prosecutors at the trial of Derek Chauvin played a video showing the white former Minneapolis police officer kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes, 29 seconds as the Black man pleaded for his life and went limp.
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Federal investigators have no evidence yet for hate crime charges
Robert Aaron Long, 21, is accused of killing eight people at three Atlanta-area massage businesses.
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Spa shootings could be first test of Georgia hate crimes law
The statute does not provide for a standalone charge, instead allowing an additional penalty when a person is convicted of another crime.
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Maine Voices: I am home – but I still don’t feel safe here
Amid increasing anti-Asian racism, a half-Chinese Portland resident wonders where she can go to fit in.
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Judge won’t move trial in George Floyd’s death; 13th juror picked
Jury selection in the trial of Derek Chauvin will stretch into a third week, after attorneys seated just one additional juror Friday.
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Corporations become unlikely financiers of racial equity
An unexpected group, not known for activism, emerged in 2020 as an unlikely financier of social change: corporations.
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Biden and Harris to focus on shootings in visit to Georgia
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris plan to meet with Asian American community leaders in Georgia in the wake of the deadly shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlors
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Take all anti-Asian violence seriously
Attacks like the one this week in Portland should not be seen as isolated incidents.