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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Called \u003ca href=\"https://www.foundationsandfutures.org/\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cem>Foundations and Futures\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the online platform combines written chapters, archival documents and artwork with videos and podcast clips, geared at students in high school and up, along with their teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the largest collection of Asian American and Pacific Islander histories in one location — free and open access for anyone with an Internet connection,” said Karen Umemoto, director of the UCLA center and one of the project’s co-editors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051530\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051530\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/UCLAAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1337\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/UCLAAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/UCLAAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/UCLAAP-1536x1027.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students walk past Royce Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles, campus in Los Angeles, on Aug. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The textbook officially launched this month — Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month — after some six years of development with contributions from more than 100 authors and curriculum developers from across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Designed with the TikTok generation in mind, the platform is optimized for phones and tablets for easy scrolling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of young people, of course, are really into TikTok videos and Instagram posts,” Umemoto said. “So we thought, ‘Let’s leverage that.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Responding to invisibility\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The project was seeded in 2020 when Umemoto and co-editor and fellow UCLA professor Kelly Fong began drafting proposals chapter by chapter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, California was moving toward implementing an \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/gavin-newsom-san-francisco-california-graduation-bills-f80ea6c0efc1a37c88b83c9fef63109c\">ethnic studies graduation requirement\u003c/a>. The professors worried AAPI histories could still be sidelined without dedicated resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1974px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084634\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/36.03.IMG_.017_MNK.PlanningExplorationOfKahoolawe.1979.FrancoSalmoiraghi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1974\" height=\"1313\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/36.03.IMG_.017_MNK.PlanningExplorationOfKahoolawe.1979.FrancoSalmoiraghi.jpg 1974w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/36.03.IMG_.017_MNK.PlanningExplorationOfKahoolawe.1979.FrancoSalmoiraghi-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/36.03.IMG_.017_MNK.PlanningExplorationOfKahoolawe.1979.FrancoSalmoiraghi-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1974px) 100vw, 1974px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grassroots activists prepare to survey Kahoʻolawe in 1976. Thanks in part to Mink’s advocacy, Congress finally voted to return the sacred land back to Hawaiʻi and end military testing there in 1993 after decades of sustained resistance. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Hawaiʻi Public Radio/Foundations and Futures)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then came the COVID-19 pandemic and a surge in anti-Asian hate incidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s so many people who have no idea who we are, where we come from, how we got here,” Umemoto said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The textbook grew into a $12 million project, supported through a mix of state funding, grants and private donations.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>A major boost came in 2022, when the California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus \u003ca href=\"https://aapilegcaucus.legislature.ca.gov/products/california-aapi-legislative-caucus-committed-teaching-aapi-history\">helped secure a $10 million state allocation.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the textbook does focus on AAPI history in California, like the Filipino farmworker movement and Vietnamese refugee communities in Orange County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But other modules cover Chinese immigrant garment workers in New York and Asian American communities in the South.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Getting into schools\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Umemoto said the textbook is for anyone to use as needed, but a major goal is helping educators incorporate AAPI perspectives into existing courses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re so woefully invisible and underrepresented in educational curricula,” she said, noting that there are few teachers to instruct from lived experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just \u003ca href=\"https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/clr/public-school-teachers?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">2% of public school teachers \u003c/a>in the U.S. are AAPI.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan is to offer everything from two-day in-person teacher workshops to national webinars in partnership with teachers unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12083333\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12083333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260511-YICKWOCOMMEMORATION-JY-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260511-YICKWOCOMMEMORATION-JY-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260511-YICKWOCOMMEMORATION-JY-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260511-YICKWOCOMMEMORATION-JY-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Christman of San Francisco Heritage holds a print of landmark Supreme Court case Yick Wo v. Hopkins during a press conference at the parking lot on 3rd and Harrison streets to commemorate the case’s 140th anniversary in San Francisco on Monday, May 11, 2026. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even with the project’s launch, organizers say their work continues with raising funds for teacher training, as well as outreach and operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team is seeking another $5 million for the next three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a professor not trained in doing startups or ed tech projects, and so I didn’t realize how much it would take just to keep the lights on,” Umemoto said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All the while, the team is building the textbook to 50 chapters. It’s currently at 42.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Learning amid polarization\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The project arrives amid charged political debates over how race and identity are taught in schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Umemoto acknowledged that some critics view ethnic studies as divisive, but she said the goal of the textbook is the opposite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to learn about each other’s history so that we can build an inclusive society,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Umemoto, the work is deeply personal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084641\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084641\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2188531316.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2188531316.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2188531316-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2188531316-1536x1033.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. President Lyndon B. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nearly 1 in 5 San Francisco residents are Chinese American. So if you want to be mayor, you need to win over the city’s Chinese communities. KQED’s Sydney Johnson tells us how the candidates are trying to woo voters in this year’s mayoral race, especially when it comes to public safety.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"card card--enclosed grey\">\n\u003cp id=\"embed-code\" class=\"inconsolata\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=KQINC1608627583&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:03:50] I’m Ericka Cruz Guevara and welcome to the bay. Local news to keep you rooted. If you want to win over San Francisco, you’re going to have to win over the Chinese American community, which makes up nearly 22% of the city’s population. And Chinese Americans have a long history of political organizing in the city. From the fight to desegregate schools to advocating for safe, affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:04:21] And so mayoral hopefuls really see this as an activated and significant voting bloc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:27] For this voting bloc, public safety is a top issue in this year’s mayoral race. Today, what candidates for mayor are doing to win over Chinese American voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:05:42] Chinese-Americans in this city have had a long history of political organizing and activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:49] Sidney Johnson is a reporter for KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:05:53] Some of the larger neighborhoods where this community is concentrated include Chinatown, which historically has a lot more renters. There’s also on the west side in the Richmond the Sunset. It’s a little bit more suburban. You have some more homeowners and families also Viz Valley, you know, in the southeast corner of the city, a little more working class, a little bit more diverse. And, you know, these candidates are looking at all of those neighborhoods really closely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:25] And you mentioned Chinese American voters being very active for many years on many different issues. But what is rising to the top for a Chinese American voters this year?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:06:36] Over the years, polls have shown that issues that rise to the top for Chinese Americans in San Francisco are things like education and housing and affordability, you know, kind of just daily life issues. But in recent years, there was a real spike in attacks against Asian Americans here in San Francisco and across the country. And San Francisco in particular, really became a hub for stop AAPI hate activism. And that energy carried over and public safety kind of ballooned into this top issue for a lot of these voters in the 2022 election season. We saw that energy harnessed and Chinese Americans really showed up to the polls for the school board recall and the district attorney recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:26] And you went to actually talk to Chinese American voters. What is this the the range of things that you heard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:07:36] They said that things, you know, maybe feel a little bit better right now, but that’s compared to some of the worst days of the pandemic and they still don’t feel safer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:07:45] Hopefully. Yeah. What’s troubling you?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Diane Lee \u003c/strong>[00:07:47] Yeah. Everything? Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:07:50] I met Diane Lee at the Sunset Night Market a couple of Fridays ago. She was walking around with a couple of her girlfriends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Diane Lee \u003c/strong>[00:07:57] Well, the homeless, right? Crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:00] She said she’s lived here almost her whole life, but she’s never felt less safe than she does now and is worried about her grandchildren growing up here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Diane Lee \u003c/strong>[00:08:09] I mean, they’re 12 years old. We want to make sure that they’re not they’re safe on the, you know, the buses that they live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:17] Diane pulled no punches. She said she’s a moderate Democrat, but that she’s just fed up. Even though rates around violent crime and retail theft are lower right now. But she said that there’s just this feeling of, you know, discomfort and disarray that she hasn’t been able to kick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:35] And I’m sorry, I didn’t ask her name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Fiona Tan \u003c/strong>[00:08:37] I’m Fiona. Fiona, your Sydney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:39] Fiona Tan grew up around San Francisco. She is attending college and is home right now for summer and is working on Aaron Peskin’s campaign as a volunteer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Fiona Tan \u003c/strong>[00:08:50] I think the big thing for me is like it seems like the public safety is a big issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:55] You know, she really wants to see community solutions for issues that have been going on around public safety since Covid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Fiona Tan \u003c/strong>[00:09:04] You know, there’s been a lot of Asian hate, and I think that’s something that really needs to be addressed. You know, somebody pushed into the subway not too long ago this year and things like that were just, you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:09:15] At the end of the day, I think it’s really about how people feel when they’re doing their daily activities. Can I buy groceries for my family? Is my street clean and can my children walk home safe from school? And, you know, I really have heard from some folks things as extreme as, you know, trying to increase incarceration and increase that type of accountability. But also a lot of Chinese American voters who are like, we need to keep people housed and work on these root causes of some of these crimes, like poverty, and how do we improve that within our own communities?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Fiona Tan \u003c/strong>[00:09:48] I think everything stems from that one issue of public safety. And I think if we can address that, we can address everything else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:09:56] So what are the different ways that these mayoral candidates are trying to win over Chinese-American voters like Diane and Fiona?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:10:05] Yeah. You know, there there is a lot of overlap in terms of actual policies that they’re putting forward. You know, a lot of the candidates are saying we want a fully staffed the police department. Things like increasing foot patrols. But there is kind of a wide gulf between how the candidates are leaning into public safety as a topic. Some kind of further on the right are really leaning into that fear and that feeling of discomfort that has lingered from the pandemic. And then you have others that are kind of trying to talk about that. The city is already improving and we’re trying to make that better and bring people together. So how how candidates are actually talking about this can vary, but this political spectrum that we’re working with here is all moderate Democrats for the most part, you know, minus Peskin, who leans a little bit more progressive from that as well. Aside from just the, you know, conversations and rhetoric, candidates are also trying to show that they’re not just, you know, talking the talk. So they’re hiring chiefs of staff that are Chinese American. They’re hiring volunteers, different age brackets to speak with their communities and share messages on WeChat and get out there and speak in their native languages. And so that is really a big focus of these campaigns as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:11:36] Yeah. Let’s talk about how some of these candidates are trying to court Chinese-American voters, starting with Mayor London Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:11:46] Are we ready yet?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:11:48] Well, Breed has been, you know, really out and about this whole election season, getting in front of voters and Chinese American voters in particular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:11:57] It is because of our Chinese community that we are on the map as a global city with one of the.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:12:04] I recently attended a event that she had in Chinatown at a restaurant where she was surrounded by merchants and community leaders who were announcing their support for her to be reelected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:12:18] And why so many of these incredible leaders are here to support me today is because they know that I have been very aggressive about ensuring San Francisco’s place on the global stage. The, you know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:12:33] Breed admitted to some of the real struggles at the city, and that community in particular were going through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:12:40] The rise in anti-Asian hate impacted this neighborhood more than any other neighborhood in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:12:47] But then she comes around that and says, but look at what we’ve done. And she talks about things like increasing surveillance tools for the police, which was something that she got passed on the March ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:13:00] And now, as crime is at its lowest, its lowest in over ten years, it’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:13:10] And so she was really trying to come out and say, hey, look, we are doing more to address safety. And look, we are supporting police here. And at the same time, you know, in all of that, trying to make these voters believe that the city is on a better track and that Breed is the one who’s steering that ship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:13:27] Yeah, she sort of has the tough job of trying to convince people that she has been doing something about this, this feeling of an increase in crime rate because she is the incumbent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:13:40] Right. And it’s a hard line to walk because you also can’t deny, you know, and invalidate voters concerns and voters fears, but trying to convince them that you are doing more and that things are on a better track at the same time is is a really tricky line to walk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:13:59] Now, let’s talk about Mark Farrell. And can you actually even remind us who he is and how he’s sort of been trying to court Chinese American voters in the city?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:14:09] Yeah. Mark Farrell is a former supervisor and was actually an interim mayor in San Francisco. And he has been coming out with some of the most pro-police proposals of any of the candidates. He’s talked about ordering a state of emergency in his first 100 days and having the National Guard with boots on the ground in San Francisco. Like other candidates, too, he wants to fully fund the police department. He wants to increase police academy is throughout the year, wants to increase police salaries and expand city wide bans on things like illegal vending, increase law enforcement, foot patrols and presence around areas like U.N. Plaza and the Tenderloin. He’s also taken opportunities like the recent shooting of a 49ers player near Union Square to say Breed’s efforts to make the city safe are lagging. You know, Breed said that was a crass, opportunistic play and defended the city’s crime stats. But, you know, it’s really been sort of this attack on how San Francisco hasn’t done enough to make people feel safe. And that has really been Mark Farrell’s approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Mark Farrell \u003c/strong>[00:15:16] It is together that we will win this election in November and we will bring San Francisco back and make sure that is the public safety that we all deserve here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:15:26] I went to an event recently in this valley with Mark Farrell, where he was surrounded by Chinese American elders, and he was announcing his endorsement from the Sheriffs Association. You know, he pretty quickly started talking about just how things like crime and he mentioned homelessness have gotten out of control in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Mark Farrell \u003c/strong>[00:15:46] Right. When you talk to people and they see the local Walgreens and CBS stores getting looted every single day in front of their own eyes, that doesn’t make them feel safe in their neighborhoods. When you have specific communities like our AAPI community here in San Francisco have hate crimes just against them because of the color of their skin or who they look like. That to me is unacceptable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:16:07] And that there needs to be a change in city hall and someone who’s going to be tough on crime. I think really, you know, he’s been focusing on pointing out the real problems at the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Mark Farrell \u003c/strong>[00:16:18] We have had failed leadership in city hall under Mayor Breed in terms of public safety. Not only our police department, not only our fire department. And as we’ve talked about today in our sheriff’s department, we need a mayor who’s going to prioritize it. Once again, I will do exactly that as mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:16:32] Sounds like he’s speaking very much to the people who don’t like how things might be working in San Francisco right now. Right. And Daniel Lurie, the the Levi Strauss heir sort of is also positioning himself as this outsider candidate. How have you seen him courting Chinese-American voters as probably the lesser known candidate in the race?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:16:57] You know, I think one thing that Daniel’s been doing to court any voter across the city is is actually leaning into that fact that he’s an outsider and saying, look, the people that I’m running against have been in city hall and they got us into this mess. And Lurie, as you know, he founded this nonprofit called The Tipping Point, which is a big anti poverty nonprofit. He’s saying, I can translate this experience and change some things in city hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Daniel Lurie \u003c/strong>[00:17:22] The store owners and the merchants on that street. Many AAPI store owners say to me every single time I’m out there, public safety is sort of their number one issue in Chinatown. Public safety’s their number one issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:17:37] In terms of public safety. There are still some overlaps with opponents on on all sides that he’s up against. You know, he also wants to declare a state of emergency, although he doesn’t plan to bring in the National Guard and have boots on the ground. So there’s some similarity and difference there with Farrell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:17:59] I recently followed Daniel Lurie around the sunset night market, which, you know, this is a really prominent Asian American community. There was just tons of food and music and people. It was a great time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:18:15] Looking forward to any particular snacks or bites?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Daniel Lurie \u003c/strong>[00:18:18] I don’t know what’s in there yet. The only problem I have is I end up wanting to eat something at every thing, and by the end of the first block, I’m stuffed. Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:18:28] But it was really interesting to see Lurie, you know, just communicating with everyday voters and also just seeing the questions that they came up to him with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Diane Lee \u003c/strong>[00:18:36] How are you going to get rid of the homeless?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Daniel Lurie \u003c/strong>[00:18:38] We’re going to get them in the shelter. We’re going to get them bus tickets home and then we’re going to get those that are suffering on our streets. We’re going to get them into mental health and drug treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:18:47] And then last but not least, there is San Francisco supervisor Aaron Peskin, whose district includes Chinatown. And I imagine there’s a lot less introducing he probably has to do in the Chinese American community, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:19:02] Yes. He has been the supervisor for Chinatown and North Beach and really, you know, is well known in those communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Aaron Peskin \u003c/strong>[00:19:10] Hey, Kevin. Kevin Aaron Peskin here running for mayor. Yeah, I’ve been here before. Would love to have your support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:19:17] I walked around with him in the Richmond, so on the west side of the city and actually you could see some of that, you know, awareness translating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Aaron Peskin \u003c/strong>[00:19:26] I’m Aaron and I’m running for mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Voter \u003c/strong>[00:19:28] Of course. I’ve met you before at Red’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Aaron Peskin \u003c/strong>[00:19:30] At Red’s! Oh, back in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:19:33] There were people coming up to him who said, My friend lives in Chinatown and calls you the bearded one and. Yeah. And so some of that experience, it seems, has translated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Aaron Peskin \u003c/strong>[00:19:44] When I go walk. Clement Street, Irving Street Tariff, Noriega. And I know a lot of people because I wasn’t the supervisor who only showed up at election time. I’ve showed up like 52 weeks a year in Chinatown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:19:59] And Aaron is also talking about things like increasing some police salaries, basically how to keep police on the force. He’s also been really touting things like bringing in all Cantonese speaking force of officers to Chinatown. I will say also, you know, Aaron, being the most progressive candidate in this race, I think is really trying to define his approach by focusing on some of the external factors related to crime, related to safety, and talking to voters about what would also make them feel safe, in addition to, you know, making sure that the police department is fully staffed and having those systems running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:20:47] Well, I want to move on to the takeaways here, Sidney. Is there any one of these candidates who we know is rising to the top for Chinese American voters right now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:20:56] I think it’s really hard to say. You know, San Francisco also has a ranked choice voting system, which makes this all even more potentially interesting. And but it one way to look at this could be just the different endorsements that some of these leading candidates have gotten. You know, Breed got the backing of the Chinatown Neighborhood Association, various merchants and the police union, which really speaks to her public safety push. Peskin has the Chinese Tenants Association backing him. It’s the largest tennis association in the city. And on top of that, he’s put forward a proposal to expand rent control across the city just recently. Farrell, meanwhile, has won over the Chinese American Democratic Club, which has leaned a little more right on some issues recently. And then Lurie has gotten backing from people like former police commander Paul Yap and Betty Louie, a Chinatown community advocate. So, you know, it seems like they’re all real, really still fighting to get different slices of this demographic ahead of the election. And, you know, we’re really just going to have to see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:22:01] One thing I’m wondering is like, what do we make of the fact that there isn’t much differentiating these candidates on the issue of public safety? Like, is this really going to be the issue, public safety, that’s going to make or break one candidate’s chances with the Chinese American community?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:22:21] You know, even though there’s plenty of polling saying that public safety is, you know, the number one issue in San Francisco right now, and for Chinese American voters, improved public safety, you can look really different to different people. You know, many just want to see a policing system that responds fast and is accountable. They want to feel safe in their communities. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nearly 1 in 5 San Francisco residents are Chinese American. So if you want to be mayor, you need to win over the city’s Chinese communities. KQED’s Sydney Johnson tells us how the candidates are trying to woo voters in this year’s mayoral race, especially when it comes to public safety.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"card card--enclosed grey\">\n\u003cp id=\"embed-code\" class=\"inconsolata\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=KQINC1608627583&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:03:50] I’m Ericka Cruz Guevara and welcome to the bay. Local news to keep you rooted. If you want to win over San Francisco, you’re going to have to win over the Chinese American community, which makes up nearly 22% of the city’s population. And Chinese Americans have a long history of political organizing in the city. From the fight to desegregate schools to advocating for safe, affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:04:21] And so mayoral hopefuls really see this as an activated and significant voting bloc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:27] For this voting bloc, public safety is a top issue in this year’s mayoral race. Today, what candidates for mayor are doing to win over Chinese American voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:05:42] Chinese-Americans in this city have had a long history of political organizing and activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:49] Sidney Johnson is a reporter for KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:05:53] Some of the larger neighborhoods where this community is concentrated include Chinatown, which historically has a lot more renters. There’s also on the west side in the Richmond the Sunset. It’s a little bit more suburban. You have some more homeowners and families also Viz Valley, you know, in the southeast corner of the city, a little more working class, a little bit more diverse. And, you know, these candidates are looking at all of those neighborhoods really closely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:25] And you mentioned Chinese American voters being very active for many years on many different issues. But what is rising to the top for a Chinese American voters this year?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:06:36] Over the years, polls have shown that issues that rise to the top for Chinese Americans in San Francisco are things like education and housing and affordability, you know, kind of just daily life issues. But in recent years, there was a real spike in attacks against Asian Americans here in San Francisco and across the country. And San Francisco in particular, really became a hub for stop AAPI hate activism. And that energy carried over and public safety kind of ballooned into this top issue for a lot of these voters in the 2022 election season. We saw that energy harnessed and Chinese Americans really showed up to the polls for the school board recall and the district attorney recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:26] And you went to actually talk to Chinese American voters. What is this the the range of things that you heard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:07:36] They said that things, you know, maybe feel a little bit better right now, but that’s compared to some of the worst days of the pandemic and they still don’t feel safer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:07:45] Hopefully. Yeah. What’s troubling you?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Diane Lee \u003c/strong>[00:07:47] Yeah. Everything? Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:07:50] I met Diane Lee at the Sunset Night Market a couple of Fridays ago. She was walking around with a couple of her girlfriends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Diane Lee \u003c/strong>[00:07:57] Well, the homeless, right? Crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:00] She said she’s lived here almost her whole life, but she’s never felt less safe than she does now and is worried about her grandchildren growing up here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Diane Lee \u003c/strong>[00:08:09] I mean, they’re 12 years old. We want to make sure that they’re not they’re safe on the, you know, the buses that they live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:17] Diane pulled no punches. She said she’s a moderate Democrat, but that she’s just fed up. Even though rates around violent crime and retail theft are lower right now. But she said that there’s just this feeling of, you know, discomfort and disarray that she hasn’t been able to kick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:35] And I’m sorry, I didn’t ask her name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Fiona Tan \u003c/strong>[00:08:37] I’m Fiona. Fiona, your Sydney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:39] Fiona Tan grew up around San Francisco. She is attending college and is home right now for summer and is working on Aaron Peskin’s campaign as a volunteer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Fiona Tan \u003c/strong>[00:08:50] I think the big thing for me is like it seems like the public safety is a big issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:55] You know, she really wants to see community solutions for issues that have been going on around public safety since Covid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Fiona Tan \u003c/strong>[00:09:04] You know, there’s been a lot of Asian hate, and I think that’s something that really needs to be addressed. You know, somebody pushed into the subway not too long ago this year and things like that were just, you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:09:15] At the end of the day, I think it’s really about how people feel when they’re doing their daily activities. Can I buy groceries for my family? Is my street clean and can my children walk home safe from school? And, you know, I really have heard from some folks things as extreme as, you know, trying to increase incarceration and increase that type of accountability. But also a lot of Chinese American voters who are like, we need to keep people housed and work on these root causes of some of these crimes, like poverty, and how do we improve that within our own communities?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Fiona Tan \u003c/strong>[00:09:48] I think everything stems from that one issue of public safety. And I think if we can address that, we can address everything else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:09:56] So what are the different ways that these mayoral candidates are trying to win over Chinese-American voters like Diane and Fiona?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:10:05] Yeah. You know, there there is a lot of overlap in terms of actual policies that they’re putting forward. You know, a lot of the candidates are saying we want a fully staffed the police department. Things like increasing foot patrols. But there is kind of a wide gulf between how the candidates are leaning into public safety as a topic. Some kind of further on the right are really leaning into that fear and that feeling of discomfort that has lingered from the pandemic. And then you have others that are kind of trying to talk about that. The city is already improving and we’re trying to make that better and bring people together. So how how candidates are actually talking about this can vary, but this political spectrum that we’re working with here is all moderate Democrats for the most part, you know, minus Peskin, who leans a little bit more progressive from that as well. Aside from just the, you know, conversations and rhetoric, candidates are also trying to show that they’re not just, you know, talking the talk. So they’re hiring chiefs of staff that are Chinese American. They’re hiring volunteers, different age brackets to speak with their communities and share messages on WeChat and get out there and speak in their native languages. And so that is really a big focus of these campaigns as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:11:36] Yeah. Let’s talk about how some of these candidates are trying to court Chinese-American voters, starting with Mayor London Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:11:46] Are we ready yet?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:11:48] Well, Breed has been, you know, really out and about this whole election season, getting in front of voters and Chinese American voters in particular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:11:57] It is because of our Chinese community that we are on the map as a global city with one of the.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:12:04] I recently attended a event that she had in Chinatown at a restaurant where she was surrounded by merchants and community leaders who were announcing their support for her to be reelected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:12:18] And why so many of these incredible leaders are here to support me today is because they know that I have been very aggressive about ensuring San Francisco’s place on the global stage. The, you know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:12:33] Breed admitted to some of the real struggles at the city, and that community in particular were going through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:12:40] The rise in anti-Asian hate impacted this neighborhood more than any other neighborhood in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:12:47] But then she comes around that and says, but look at what we’ve done. And she talks about things like increasing surveillance tools for the police, which was something that she got passed on the March ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:13:00] And now, as crime is at its lowest, its lowest in over ten years, it’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:13:10] And so she was really trying to come out and say, hey, look, we are doing more to address safety. And look, we are supporting police here. And at the same time, you know, in all of that, trying to make these voters believe that the city is on a better track and that Breed is the one who’s steering that ship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:13:27] Yeah, she sort of has the tough job of trying to convince people that she has been doing something about this, this feeling of an increase in crime rate because she is the incumbent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:13:40] Right. And it’s a hard line to walk because you also can’t deny, you know, and invalidate voters concerns and voters fears, but trying to convince them that you are doing more and that things are on a better track at the same time is is a really tricky line to walk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:13:59] Now, let’s talk about Mark Farrell. And can you actually even remind us who he is and how he’s sort of been trying to court Chinese American voters in the city?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:14:09] Yeah. Mark Farrell is a former supervisor and was actually an interim mayor in San Francisco. And he has been coming out with some of the most pro-police proposals of any of the candidates. He’s talked about ordering a state of emergency in his first 100 days and having the National Guard with boots on the ground in San Francisco. Like other candidates, too, he wants to fully fund the police department. He wants to increase police academy is throughout the year, wants to increase police salaries and expand city wide bans on things like illegal vending, increase law enforcement, foot patrols and presence around areas like U.N. Plaza and the Tenderloin. He’s also taken opportunities like the recent shooting of a 49ers player near Union Square to say Breed’s efforts to make the city safe are lagging. You know, Breed said that was a crass, opportunistic play and defended the city’s crime stats. But, you know, it’s really been sort of this attack on how San Francisco hasn’t done enough to make people feel safe. And that has really been Mark Farrell’s approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Mark Farrell \u003c/strong>[00:15:16] It is together that we will win this election in November and we will bring San Francisco back and make sure that is the public safety that we all deserve here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:15:26] I went to an event recently in this valley with Mark Farrell, where he was surrounded by Chinese American elders, and he was announcing his endorsement from the Sheriffs Association. You know, he pretty quickly started talking about just how things like crime and he mentioned homelessness have gotten out of control in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Mark Farrell \u003c/strong>[00:15:46] Right. When you talk to people and they see the local Walgreens and CBS stores getting looted every single day in front of their own eyes, that doesn’t make them feel safe in their neighborhoods. When you have specific communities like our AAPI community here in San Francisco have hate crimes just against them because of the color of their skin or who they look like. That to me is unacceptable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:16:07] And that there needs to be a change in city hall and someone who’s going to be tough on crime. I think really, you know, he’s been focusing on pointing out the real problems at the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Mark Farrell \u003c/strong>[00:16:18] We have had failed leadership in city hall under Mayor Breed in terms of public safety. Not only our police department, not only our fire department. And as we’ve talked about today in our sheriff’s department, we need a mayor who’s going to prioritize it. Once again, I will do exactly that as mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:16:32] Sounds like he’s speaking very much to the people who don’t like how things might be working in San Francisco right now. Right. And Daniel Lurie, the the Levi Strauss heir sort of is also positioning himself as this outsider candidate. How have you seen him courting Chinese-American voters as probably the lesser known candidate in the race?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:16:57] You know, I think one thing that Daniel’s been doing to court any voter across the city is is actually leaning into that fact that he’s an outsider and saying, look, the people that I’m running against have been in city hall and they got us into this mess. And Lurie, as you know, he founded this nonprofit called The Tipping Point, which is a big anti poverty nonprofit. He’s saying, I can translate this experience and change some things in city hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Daniel Lurie \u003c/strong>[00:17:22] The store owners and the merchants on that street. Many AAPI store owners say to me every single time I’m out there, public safety is sort of their number one issue in Chinatown. Public safety’s their number one issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:17:37] In terms of public safety. There are still some overlaps with opponents on on all sides that he’s up against. You know, he also wants to declare a state of emergency, although he doesn’t plan to bring in the National Guard and have boots on the ground. So there’s some similarity and difference there with Farrell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:17:59] I recently followed Daniel Lurie around the sunset night market, which, you know, this is a really prominent Asian American community. There was just tons of food and music and people. It was a great time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:18:15] Looking forward to any particular snacks or bites?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Daniel Lurie \u003c/strong>[00:18:18] I don’t know what’s in there yet. The only problem I have is I end up wanting to eat something at every thing, and by the end of the first block, I’m stuffed. Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:18:28] But it was really interesting to see Lurie, you know, just communicating with everyday voters and also just seeing the questions that they came up to him with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Diane Lee \u003c/strong>[00:18:36] How are you going to get rid of the homeless?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Daniel Lurie \u003c/strong>[00:18:38] We’re going to get them in the shelter. We’re going to get them bus tickets home and then we’re going to get those that are suffering on our streets. We’re going to get them into mental health and drug treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:18:47] And then last but not least, there is San Francisco supervisor Aaron Peskin, whose district includes Chinatown. And I imagine there’s a lot less introducing he probably has to do in the Chinese American community, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:19:02] Yes. He has been the supervisor for Chinatown and North Beach and really, you know, is well known in those communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Aaron Peskin \u003c/strong>[00:19:10] Hey, Kevin. Kevin Aaron Peskin here running for mayor. Yeah, I’ve been here before. Would love to have your support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:19:17] I walked around with him in the Richmond, so on the west side of the city and actually you could see some of that, you know, awareness translating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Aaron Peskin \u003c/strong>[00:19:26] I’m Aaron and I’m running for mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Voter \u003c/strong>[00:19:28] Of course. I’ve met you before at Red’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Aaron Peskin \u003c/strong>[00:19:30] At Red’s! Oh, back in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:19:33] There were people coming up to him who said, My friend lives in Chinatown and calls you the bearded one and. Yeah. And so some of that experience, it seems, has translated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Aaron Peskin \u003c/strong>[00:19:44] When I go walk. Clement Street, Irving Street Tariff, Noriega. And I know a lot of people because I wasn’t the supervisor who only showed up at election time. I’ve showed up like 52 weeks a year in Chinatown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:19:59] And Aaron is also talking about things like increasing some police salaries, basically how to keep police on the force. He’s also been really touting things like bringing in all Cantonese speaking force of officers to Chinatown. I will say also, you know, Aaron, being the most progressive candidate in this race, I think is really trying to define his approach by focusing on some of the external factors related to crime, related to safety, and talking to voters about what would also make them feel safe, in addition to, you know, making sure that the police department is fully staffed and having those systems running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:20:47] Well, I want to move on to the takeaways here, Sidney. Is there any one of these candidates who we know is rising to the top for Chinese American voters right now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:20:56] I think it’s really hard to say. You know, San Francisco also has a ranked choice voting system, which makes this all even more potentially interesting. And but it one way to look at this could be just the different endorsements that some of these leading candidates have gotten. You know, Breed got the backing of the Chinatown Neighborhood Association, various merchants and the police union, which really speaks to her public safety push. Peskin has the Chinese Tenants Association backing him. It’s the largest tennis association in the city. And on top of that, he’s put forward a proposal to expand rent control across the city just recently. Farrell, meanwhile, has won over the Chinese American Democratic Club, which has leaned a little more right on some issues recently. And then Lurie has gotten backing from people like former police commander Paul Yap and Betty Louie, a Chinatown community advocate. So, you know, it seems like they’re all real, really still fighting to get different slices of this demographic ahead of the election. And, you know, we’re really just going to have to see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:22:01] One thing I’m wondering is like, what do we make of the fact that there isn’t much differentiating these candidates on the issue of public safety? Like, is this really going to be the issue, public safety, that’s going to make or break one candidate’s chances with the Chinese American community?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:22:21] You know, even though there’s plenty of polling saying that public safety is, you know, the number one issue in San Francisco right now, and for Chinese American voters, improved public safety, you can look really different to different people. You know, many just want to see a policing system that responds fast and is accountable. They want to feel safe in their communities. So I think that this is going to be an issue that drives people to the polls. But how different candidates are squaring away with what their public safety vision is will probably be where voters end up shaking out. Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:22:59] Well, Sydney, thank you so much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:23:01] Thank you.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Yik Oi Huang lived across the street from the Visitacion Valley Playground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At sunrise every day, she’d take the one-minute walk past the early-to-mid-20th-century homes to the park where she practiced qigong, a traditional Chinese exercise of coordinated movement, breathing and meditation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hilltop playground, with views overlooking the San Francisco Bay, is a gathering place for AAPI older adults like Huang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But sometime before 7 a.m. on Jan. 8, 2019, the park’s serenity was shattered. As Huang, 88, began her qigong movements, she was dragged by an assailant and beaten into a coma. She was found unconscious and lying in the sand underneath a play structure. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/89-year-old-woman-dies-1-year-after-brutal-attack-14951348.php\">\u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, she suffered a broken neck, among other injuries. Her home was also burglarized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The targeted attack sent shock waves through the AAPI community a year before the pandemic and heightened media attention on anti-Asian crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I considered it isolated,” said Sasanna Yee, Huang’s granddaughter, who lives three blocks away and rushed to the scene to see Huang already on the gurney. “And then, going online when the pandemic started and [I] started seeing the videos. I started having nightmares after that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had my own incident replaying in my head. And then, the videos would replay in my head,” she continued. “That created a lot of difficulties sleeping and so that impact on the nervous system, it’s cumulative.” [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Sasanna Yee, granddaughter, the late Yik Oi Huang\"]‘I considered it isolated. And then, going online when the pandemic started and [I] started seeing the videos. I started having nightmares after that.’[/pullquote] During the pandemic, anti-Asian hate crimes in the state soared from 89 in 2020 to 247 in 2021. But in 2022, according to \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Hate%20Crime%20In%20CA%202022f.pdf\">California’s Department of Justice data (PDF)\u003c/a>, the crimes decreased to 140. The numbers seem to show progress, however, looking back decades to the start of California’s hate crime tracking reveals a more nuanced story. There’s been progress before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California began tracking racial hate crimes in 1995. In the late 1990s, anti-Asian hate crimes hovered around 150 per year. Then the state experienced a sharp decline in the first two decades of the new century, dropping as low as 19 in 2014. In comparison, last year’s 140 hate crimes are about seven times more than a little less than a decade ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the data showed a decline, recent crimes have been almost as brutal as the one Huang suffered, including six assaults in San Francisco in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>On July 3, a 63-year-old woman was killed when she was pushed to the sidewalk in the Bayview as she walked home from work.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On July 10, an 86-year-old woman was pushed to the ground in the Tenderloin.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On July 21, a woman, 88, was kicked and thrown to the ground in the Union Square area.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On July 24, a 68-year-old man was punched from behind in the Excelsior.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On July 26, a woman, 40, was tackled to the ground in McLaren Park near the Excelsior.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On July 27, an 81-year-old woman was shoved off the sidewalk and into a lane of traffic in the Fillmore.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Huang passed away a year after being attacked. Keonte Gathron, then 18, was arrested following a string of other crimes. He pleaded not guilty and still awaits trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent foggy day on Leland Avenue, locals could be seen sharing smiles and gossip while walking past the cash-only Asian restaurants. A Hispanic grocery store offered pan dulce and reggaeton, and a chic cafe boasted trendy lattes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11960636 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Five people congregate around park benches in front of a jungle gym in an outdoor park.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seniors spend time together at Yik Oi Huang Peace and Friendship Park in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of Visitacion Valley neighborhood’s 41,695 residents, 23,890 are Asian, 52% are immigrants and 51.6% speak AAPI languages at home, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://data.census.gov/profile/94134?g=860XX00US94134\">2021 American Community Survey\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Past the local library and a century-old church is Visitacion Valley Playground, which was renamed Yik Oi Huang Peace and Friendship Park in 2022. Older Asian residents enjoy daily strolls with their friends around the field. Children clamber over the multicolor playground under the shade of two unapologetic palm trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The neighborhood was Huang’s home for 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She immigrated from \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=Toi+San%2C+China&sca_esv=566316574&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1048US1048&ei=J4AIZZ3KDubFkPIPjoeYmAU&ved=0ahUKEwjd-dqrz7SBAxXmIkQIHY4DBlMQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=Toi+San%2C+China&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiDlRvaSBTYW4sIENoaW5hMgUQLhiABDIIEAAYFhgeGAoyCBAAGIoFGIYDMhQQLhiABBiXBRjcBBjeBBjgBNgBAUjQAlAAWABwAHgAkAEAmAGDAaABgwGqAQMwLjG4AQPIAQD4AQL4AQHiAwQYACBBiAYBugYGCAEQARgU&sclient=gws-wiz-serp&safe=active&ssui=on\">Toisan\u003c/a>, China, in 1986 with her husband, moving to San Francisco’s Chinatown. The couple purchased a home in Visitacion Valley about a decade later. [aside postID=news_11943615 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62784_011_KQED_CCSFCantoneseClass_02082023-qut-1020x680.jpg'] Yee said her Popo — grandmother in Cantonese — used food as her love language, never hesitating to offer snacks and soup. Huang was health conscious. Because of her diabetes, she would make a magic juice of raw potatoes, celery, apples and carrots every morning. She had a rosy, pink complexion with skin that looked and felt like a baby’s bottom, according to Yee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huang, who had very little schooling, always had a notebook in hand to write down new words, Yee told KQED. She was an avid soap opera and news watcher. She loved sharing her wisdom with Yee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She had pneumonia, and she was hospitalized, and this was only two years to three years before she passed,” Yee said. “She was doing qigong in the hospital bed and she was sharing with me, ‘These are the movements. This is what you do with your breath, how you’re supposed to move your chi.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huang was unafraid of being out early, even in the dark. She was well-known in the area. For more than 17 years, Huang was an ambassador of the Visitacion Valley Friendship Club, serving the neighborhood’s Chinese immigrants by engaging in senior services, voting rights and more. She collected cans to pass on to her neighbors and friends, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.rememberyikoihuang.com/home\">website\u003c/a> made by her family in her honor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The violence put neighborhoods like Visitacion Valley with large Asian populations on alert. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/data/city-survey-safety-and-policing\">2023 San Francisco City Survey\u003c/a>, Visitacion Valley is among the three San Francisco neighborhoods with the lowest safety rating. Visitacion Valley graded the police a C while the city’s AAPI demographic gave the police a B- overall. Visitacion Valley residents graded their safety a C+. Of all the demographics, AAPI respondents gave the lowest safety ratings. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Sasanna Yee, granddaughter, the late Yik Oi Huang\"]‘… Two years to three years before she passed, she was doing qigong in the hospital bed and she was sharing with me, ‘These are the movements. This is what you do with your breath, how you’re supposed to move your chi.’’[/pullquote] In the last four decades, experts point to two events that led to a spike in anti-Asian hate crimes: the murder of Chinese-American Vincent Chin and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June 1982, Chin, 27, was beaten to death in Detroit by two white auto workers. At the time, Japanese auto manufacturers were gaining market share as the automotive industry in the United States showed signs of decline. The country was also mired in an economic recession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lok Siu, a professor of Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies at UC Berkeley, said relations between the U.S. and Japan in the 1990s created a tense environment and a “sense of anxieties” in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To account for the fall of hate crimes — from 180 in 1996 to 19 in 2014 — Siu points to economic growth. From the 2000s to 2010s, China was seen as a marketplace for U.S. products and technologies. Stability and growth were abundant, an atmosphere that made racial targeting less likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no one particular reason that they can draw to say, ‘You are an enemy. You are a danger to us,’” Siu said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that when faced with the possibility of losing jobs or having a company move, “that’s when people start to point the fingers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Siu notices similarities between the 1990s and today. She sees similar accusations of unfair trade and economic competition, but the target now is China, not Japan. Another layer is the current political and technological threat from China and increased anti-Asian rhetoric during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11960634 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A play structure in a grassy park.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The playground at Yik Oi Huang Peace and Friendship Park is seen in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You’re seeing this clustering of fears coming together, anxieties coming together,” she said. “They have an amplifying effect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty to 30 years ago, China was seen as a marketplace of U.S. commerce, according to Siu. Since then, the perception of China has changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“China has never really been seen as an ally to the U.S.,” Siu said. “In fact, they’ve always had a perception of their antagonism along ideological lines. It was a political threat. Now, it’s an economic threat. Now, it’s both. It is just growing.” [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Lok Siu, professor, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies at UC Berkeley\"]‘You’re seeing this clustering of fears coming together, anxieties coming together. They have an amplifying effect.’[/pullquote] Besides the anti-Asian rhetoric of the virus, Russell Jeung, the co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate, attributed the surge of hate crimes to the increased publicity of anti-Asian hate and the widespread entrance of Asians into different neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of sociological theories suppose that as there’s increased contact in new neighborhoods, like the Bayview-Hunters Point and like Excelsior,” Jeung, a San Francisco State Asian American Studies professor, said. “There’s higher levels of competition among racial groups and that leads to more racism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeung, a fourth-generation San Franciscan, said hate crime reporting data is inconclusive and can be unrepresentative of reality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t necessarily measure the amount of racism or hate, but rather just reflects the capacity for police departments to collect data and the trust of the community to report data,” he said. “Hate crime reporting reflects more how much the community trusts the police as much as it does reflect the amount of hate crimes that were occurring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the start of the pandemic, Jeung and his colleagues looked into secondary data but there was a lack of first-hand accounts. [aside label='More around San Francsisco' tag='san-francisco'] “[Starting Stop AAPI Hate] was mostly to collect data that by which we could show there was a crisis occurring and that it needed to be attended to by the government,” Jeung said. “We were astounded by the extent and depth of racism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trauma of Huang’s attack remains for Yee. In 2019, after the assault, her main priority was taking care of her grandmother and family. She created \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/AsiansBelong/\">Asians Belong\u003c/a> to balance the dialogue about Asian hate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was very active in the beginning, fueled by a lot of adrenaline, channeling my anger and frustration and sadness and grief into activism work, and then burnt out after three years,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the cruel nature of her grandmother’s beating, Yee chooses to focus on commonality, not separation. 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"content": "\u003cp>Bay Area residents seeking to communally grieve and process the recent spate of mass shootings across California — including those in Half Moon Bay, Monterey Park and Oakland — gathered at a vigil in Oakland’s Chinatown on Wednesday evening to honor the many lives lost to senseless gun violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939282\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62262_007_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11939282 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62262_007_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a light-colored hoodie and pants places a photo on a table next to framed pictures, electric candles and flowers outside.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62262_007_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62262_007_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62262_007_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62262_007_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62262_007_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Mush Lee, with her son Manoah, 10, adds picture frames with the names of victims of recent mass shootings in Half Moon Bay, Oakland and Monterey Park to a vigil at Wilma Chan Park in Oakland organized by a host of local AAPI groups, on Jan. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"As a community, we come together to make sure that we are creating the language in order to tell the story about what's most important and what's most meaningful,\" Michelle Mush Lee, executive director of Youth Speaks, said to the crowd of several hundred people gathered at Wilma Chan Park. \"Not just in the lives of those who were killed, but what does this mean for those of us who are still here?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We also realize that there's intercommunal violence and that there's been a long-brewing story of domestic violence and gender-based violence in our communities that many of us don't talk about,\" she added. \"There's also a long history of inherited trauma from colonialism and just being a part of any diaspora that's forced to leave their homeland. And so we carry that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939284\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62265_011_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11939284 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62265_011_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A table with framed pictures, flowers and lights outside.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62265_011_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62265_011_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62265_011_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62265_011_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62265_011_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Framed photos of victims of recent mass shootings in Half Moon Bay, Oakland and Monterey Park are displayed at Wednesday's vigil in Oakland's Wilma Chan Park. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"I think spirituality and faith at a time like this is really important because we know that people are suffering and they're grieving and they're despairing,\" said Rev. Deborah Lee, executive director of the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, based in Oakland. \"Reconnecting with our faith and spirituality reminds us that we're together. We share values and believe we can achieve a different reality than what we currently have and that we can work together for peace, love and for a world where it's not easier to buy a gun than [it is] to get support when you actually need support.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939288\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62276_025_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11939288 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62276_025_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing a dark yellow jacket stands in front of a crowd with some people holding candles outside.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62276_025_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62276_025_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62276_025_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62276_025_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62276_025_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sasanna Yee (center), a Bay Area community activist and yoga teacher, speaks to the crowd gathered at Oakland's Wilma Chan Park to honor the victims of recent mass shootings in the state. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"It just felt like a time where it was really important to show up in person and be with the community when we're struggling with so many things,\" said Christine Miyashiro, policy director for Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939289\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62281_030_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11939289 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62281_030_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing glasses and a white mask holds a candle and has his arm around a woman wearing a mask who is also holding a candle.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62281_030_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62281_030_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62281_030_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62281_030_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62281_030_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A family listens to speakers at Wilma Chan Park in Oakland during Wednesday's vigil for recent shooting victims. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The vigil, organized by a host of local AAPI groups, follows a seemingly unbelievable trail of gun-inflicted carnage across a state with some of the nation's strictest firearms regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Oakland has done a lot of things around trying to stop the proliferation of ghost guns here,\" Miyashiro added. \"But we're only as strong as whatever is the weakest thing that surrounds us. And so this is a national problem.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last Saturday, a gunman \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938828/la-mass-shooting-suspect-kills-10-near-lunar-new-year-fest\">shot and killed 11 people and injured nine others\u003c/a> at a dance studio in Monterey Park, a predominantly Asian community near Los Angeles. The suspect killed himself shortly thereafter. The motive for the attack remains unclear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939286\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62272_016_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11939286 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62272_016_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people stand outside with some people crouching in front of framed photos.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62272_016_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62272_016_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62272_016_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62272_016_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62272_016_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants in Wednesday's vigil at Wilma Chan Park kneel down to see photos of victims killed in the spate of recent mass shootings across the state. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Less than 48 hours later, seven farmworkers were killed and one was critically injured when a gunmen \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938972/7-killed-in-monday-shooting-massacre-in-half-moon-bay\">opened fire at two different mushroom farms in Half Moon Bay\u003c/a>. The suspect is an employee of one of the farms and had previously worked at the other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just the following day, a teenager was killed and multiple other people wounded in a shootout at an Oakland gas station. Witnesses said the gunfire erupted during the filming of a music video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the previous week, a 16-year-old mother and her 6-month-old baby were among \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/16/visalia-goshen-california-baby-killed/\">six people killed in a shooting at a home in the Central Valley town of Goshen\u003c/a>, in what authorities believe was a targeted attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altogether, 25 people were killed in those four mass shootings across the state within the last two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939290\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62282_032_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11939290 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62282_032_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing glasses holds a sign of a bright red heart above her head outside.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62282_032_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62282_032_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62282_032_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62282_032_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62282_032_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Serena Morales holds a sign with a heart painted on it during Wednesday's vigil at Wilma Chan Park in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939281\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/001_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11939281 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/001_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a black shirt with intricate designs crouches down with flowers in her hand over a vigil outside.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/001_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/001_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/001_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/001_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/001_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alvina Wong, of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network, lays flowers at the vigil at Wilma Chan Park in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A vigil for victims of the Monterey Park shooting will also be held on Thursday at Portsmouth Square in San Francisco’s Chinatown from 5:30–7:00 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from KQED's Spencer Whitney.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Bay Area residents seeking to communally grieve and process the recent spate of mass shootings across California — including those in Half Moon Bay, Monterey Park and Oakland — gathered at a vigil in Oakland’s Chinatown on Wednesday evening to honor the many lives lost to senseless gun violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939282\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62262_007_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11939282 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62262_007_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a light-colored hoodie and pants places a photo on a table next to framed pictures, electric candles and flowers outside.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62262_007_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62262_007_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62262_007_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62262_007_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62262_007_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Mush Lee, with her son Manoah, 10, adds picture frames with the names of victims of recent mass shootings in Half Moon Bay, Oakland and Monterey Park to a vigil at Wilma Chan Park in Oakland organized by a host of local AAPI groups, on Jan. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"As a community, we come together to make sure that we are creating the language in order to tell the story about what's most important and what's most meaningful,\" Michelle Mush Lee, executive director of Youth Speaks, said to the crowd of several hundred people gathered at Wilma Chan Park. \"Not just in the lives of those who were killed, but what does this mean for those of us who are still here?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We also realize that there's intercommunal violence and that there's been a long-brewing story of domestic violence and gender-based violence in our communities that many of us don't talk about,\" she added. \"There's also a long history of inherited trauma from colonialism and just being a part of any diaspora that's forced to leave their homeland. And so we carry that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939284\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62265_011_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11939284 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62265_011_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A table with framed pictures, flowers and lights outside.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62265_011_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62265_011_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62265_011_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62265_011_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62265_011_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Framed photos of victims of recent mass shootings in Half Moon Bay, Oakland and Monterey Park are displayed at Wednesday's vigil in Oakland's Wilma Chan Park. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"I think spirituality and faith at a time like this is really important because we know that people are suffering and they're grieving and they're despairing,\" said Rev. Deborah Lee, executive director of the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, based in Oakland. \"Reconnecting with our faith and spirituality reminds us that we're together. We share values and believe we can achieve a different reality than what we currently have and that we can work together for peace, love and for a world where it's not easier to buy a gun than [it is] to get support when you actually need support.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939288\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62276_025_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11939288 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62276_025_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing a dark yellow jacket stands in front of a crowd with some people holding candles outside.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62276_025_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62276_025_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62276_025_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62276_025_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62276_025_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sasanna Yee (center), a Bay Area community activist and yoga teacher, speaks to the crowd gathered at Oakland's Wilma Chan Park to honor the victims of recent mass shootings in the state. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"It just felt like a time where it was really important to show up in person and be with the community when we're struggling with so many things,\" said Christine Miyashiro, policy director for Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939289\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62281_030_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11939289 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62281_030_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing glasses and a white mask holds a candle and has his arm around a woman wearing a mask who is also holding a candle.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62281_030_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62281_030_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62281_030_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62281_030_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62281_030_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A family listens to speakers at Wilma Chan Park in Oakland during Wednesday's vigil for recent shooting victims. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The vigil, organized by a host of local AAPI groups, follows a seemingly unbelievable trail of gun-inflicted carnage across a state with some of the nation's strictest firearms regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Oakland has done a lot of things around trying to stop the proliferation of ghost guns here,\" Miyashiro added. \"But we're only as strong as whatever is the weakest thing that surrounds us. And so this is a national problem.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last Saturday, a gunman \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938828/la-mass-shooting-suspect-kills-10-near-lunar-new-year-fest\">shot and killed 11 people and injured nine others\u003c/a> at a dance studio in Monterey Park, a predominantly Asian community near Los Angeles. The suspect killed himself shortly thereafter. The motive for the attack remains unclear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939286\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62272_016_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11939286 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62272_016_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people stand outside with some people crouching in front of framed photos.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62272_016_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62272_016_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62272_016_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62272_016_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62272_016_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants in Wednesday's vigil at Wilma Chan Park kneel down to see photos of victims killed in the spate of recent mass shootings across the state. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Less than 48 hours later, seven farmworkers were killed and one was critically injured when a gunmen \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938972/7-killed-in-monday-shooting-massacre-in-half-moon-bay\">opened fire at two different mushroom farms in Half Moon Bay\u003c/a>. The suspect is an employee of one of the farms and had previously worked at the other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just the following day, a teenager was killed and multiple other people wounded in a shootout at an Oakland gas station. Witnesses said the gunfire erupted during the filming of a music video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the previous week, a 16-year-old mother and her 6-month-old baby were among \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/16/visalia-goshen-california-baby-killed/\">six people killed in a shooting at a home in the Central Valley town of Goshen\u003c/a>, in what authorities believe was a targeted attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altogether, 25 people were killed in those four mass shootings across the state within the last two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939290\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62282_032_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11939290 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62282_032_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing glasses holds a sign of a bright red heart above her head outside.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62282_032_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62282_032_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62282_032_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62282_032_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62282_032_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Serena Morales holds a sign with a heart painted on it during Wednesday's vigil at Wilma Chan Park in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939281\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/001_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11939281 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/001_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a black shirt with intricate designs crouches down with flowers in her hand over a vigil outside.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/001_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/001_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/001_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/001_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/001_KQED_OaklandAAPIVigil_01252023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alvina Wong, of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network, lays flowers at the vigil at Wilma Chan Park in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A vigil for victims of the Monterey Park shooting will also be held on Thursday at Portsmouth Square in San Francisco’s Chinatown from 5:30–7:00 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from KQED's Spencer Whitney.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As the midterm elections approach, Stop AAPI Hate, a Bay Area-based advocacy group, is raising awareness about the dangers of scapegoating people in Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new report, “\u003ca href=\"https://stopaapihate.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Stop-AAPI-Hate-Scapegoating-Report.pdf\">The Blame Game: How Political Rhetoric Inflames Anti-Asian Scapegoating\u003c/a>,” finds that of the tens of thousands of hate incidents tracked since 2020, one-fifth involved language that scapegoats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11913244,news_11915634,news_11897316\"]“What we set out to do was spotlight and call out harm, that irresponsible scapegoating rhetoric used by politicians during election season — where it's perceived to be the way to win, to blame Asian Americans,” said Cynthia Choi, co-founder of \u003ca href=\"https://stopaapihate.org/\">Stop AAPI Hate\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED morning host Brian Watt spoke with Choi about how this report illustrates an alarming trend of anti-AAPI violence over the past couple of years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BRIAN WATT: These findings show a rise in hate incidents since the pandemic began. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is a partnership between \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/\">The San Francisco Standard\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/\">KQED\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Warning: This story contains photos, links to videos, embedded videos and textual descriptions depicting hateful violence against members of San Francisco's Asian communities.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]A[/dropcap] month before the pandemic hit California, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DionLimTV/status/1233158095515185152\">a video\u003c/a> went viral on social media showing an older Asian man crying. A crowd surrounded him to watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man, identified in Chinese media as “Mr. Zhou” and in court documents as “Ximing Z.,” was walking his usual route through San Francisco’s Hunters Point neighborhood on Feb. 22, 2020, collecting recyclables to trade in for cash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on that particular Saturday, as Zhou, then 68, made his way to the small, one-block stretch of Osceola Lane, he was attacked and robbed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 20-year-old, Dwayne Grayson, stood nearby, capturing the incident on his cellphone in footage that later would be viewed by millions as it made the rounds online and on television.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grayson can be heard\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbufWls8QRM\"> on the video saying\u003c/a>, “I hate Asians, n— [N-word].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a time of rising hate against Asian communities. Just two days before the attack on Zhou, 84-year-old Rong Xin Liao \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/san-francisco-asian-attack-sf-stop-hate-aapi/10449226/\">was assaulted\u003c/a>. Liao still isn’t sure why someone knocked him to the concrete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s possible because I am Asian, or I am disabled, so I got picked on,” Liao told The San Francisco Standard in mid-May. He was waiting at a bus stop in the Tenderloin neighborhood, when 22-year-old Eric Ramos-Hernandez was recorded on camera jump-kicking Liao to the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In early 2021, Thai immigrant Vicha Ratanapakdee, 84, was killed after being forcefully shoved to the ground during his morning walk in San Francisco. The violent incident was caught on video and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/magazine/vicha-ratanapakdee.html\">shocked the world\u003c/a>. Ratanapakdee later became the public face of the movement demanding justice and safety for Asian Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ratanapakdee’s daughter, Monthanus Ratanapakdee, told The SF Standard that she believed the fatal violence was “racially motivated” because the pandemic has flared up the hate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All these cases, which attracted a huge wave of media coverage, were among many across the country igniting the national Stop Asian Hate movement. But that hate is rarely reflected in criminal charges, in part because it can be hard to prove an attacker was motivated by race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED and The SF Standard partnered to review a dozen high-profile criminal cases in San Francisco involving Asian and Asian American victims during 2020 and 2021 to unpack the essence of the fear from Asian communities — that the crimes are racially motivated — while shining a light on the aftermath of incidents that quickly enter the public consciousness and then fade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the 12 cases, many were initially investigated as hate crimes, but only two were eventually charged as such.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, importantly, five of the 12 defendants have entered mental health diversion programs, meaning the criminal prosecution may be suspended based on the treatment results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All 12 are pending, languishing in a court system still reeling from the pandemic. In recent weeks, Black and Asian community leaders have called on law enforcement to push for hate crime enhancements to stem the tide of anti-Asian hate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in the dozen reviewed cases, even where alternatives to incarceration were pursued, the promises of that process were ultimately unfulfilled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Skip to: \u003ca href=\"#12cases\">12 high-profile criminal cases reviewed by The SF Standard and KQED\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During 2020 and 2021, anger over these crimes helped fuel an effort to recall San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin. According to a poll conducted by Embold Research for The SF Standard in May, a \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/community/asian-american-voters-support-recall-da-chesa-boudin/\">greater percentage of Asian American voters\u003c/a> support the recall against Boudin than any other ethnic group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While community discussion between Black and Asian leaders has sometimes centered on increasing hate crime charges in San Francisco, other Black leaders say that locking people up only harms communities in the long run, perpetuating a cycle of mass incarceration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, more data collection about hate incidents may lead to better community protection. A new state bill may make that information gathering mandatory if it is ultimately signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A crime victim looks for healing instead of prosecution\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Zhou, the man assaulted while collecting recyclables, lives on the edge — like so many other Asian immigrants in San Francisco who can’t or won’t get government aid, whose limited English makes job-hunting difficult, and who lift blue lids in neighborhoods across the city to sustain themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>News reports said Zhou’s experience before the attack in the Hunters Point neighborhood was largely warm and welcoming. In a historically Black neighborhood all-too-familiar with living on the margins, residents would often go out of their way to ensure Zhou’s plastic garbage bag was filled to bursting with discarded cans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s also a neighborhood with a growing Asian population, leading to some animus between the communities. Those raw feelings have become all too public of late.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a recent San Francisco redistricting meeting in City Hall, anger exploded between Asian and Black residents of southeast San Francisco, debating which communities should be granted more representation in a new map of voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You say you have solidarity with us when you call us racists, and Nazis, and corporate shills?” \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tv/CcbJeK9OVrA/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=\">said Drew Min, executive director at San Francisco Community Alliance for Unity, Safety, and Education, speaking to the Black community\u003c/a>. He was speaking at a lectern during public comment on the redistricting process, but called out what he saw as a lack of community solidarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t have the guts to speak up for our people, when your people say something,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People in the audience yelled in anger. “He says there’s going to be a new [District 10], that’s what he said. There’s going to be a new D10,” cried out one woman, speaking to the idea of one community being replaced by another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those sentiments have long simmered in San Francisco. For years, community institutions like the Cameron House in Chinatown and Third Baptist Church in the Western Addition have tried to bridge the gaps between Asian and Black people in their respective neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But with rising attacks against the AAPI community leading up to and during the pandemic, those tensions came to the fore again in public discussions of hateful incidents. That brings us back to 2020, as an Asian man is thrust into the spotlight as he collects cans in Hunters Point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zhou’s attacker, Jonathan Amerson, 56, was recorded standing by a pile of Zhou’s trash bags. He swung at Zhou with what on video looks like a garbage picker, as a crowd looked on. Amerson then allegedly took Zhou’s cart of recycling bags, according to court records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco police later arrested both Amerson and Grayson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for Grayson — the young man who filmed the incident, mocked Zhou, and expressed his hatred in clear terms — the handling of prosecution was more complex since he wasn’t directly involved in the attack; he only recorded it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the DA’s office \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Chesa-Boudin-crime-video-Bayview-Asian-attack-DA-15099780.php#taboola-1\">dropped charges against Grayson\u003c/a> to pursue a more rehabilitation-oriented alternative to traditional prosecution — at Zhou’s request — the media followed closely, framing the story in a way that suggested Boudin was letting Grayson off too easily, even though he was not one of the attackers. Some headlines were misleading, often claiming “charges dropped” against a suspect in the attack, leading many to think charges were dropped against Amerson, the attacker, not Grayson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking to KQED’s Political Breakdown hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos on stage at KQED in May, Boudin defended his decision on Grayson, saying recording the attack against Zhou without intervening was “not a good thing,” and his behavior was \"offensive, horrific, racist, disrespectful\" — but “not criminal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11913102 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Chesa2-1020x678.jpg']Brooke Jenkins, a former assistant district attorney who is now a spokesperson for the recall effort against Boudin, is also a former hate crimes prosecutor in the DA’s office. She said hate crime charges could have been pursued in Zhou’s case using the hateful slur captured on video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In my view, in that case, it did meet the bar,” Jenkins said. “There were statements that made the intentions very clear, and [made] the motivations very clear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grayson and Zhou ultimately did not participate in a restorative justice process together, as they initially intended. That process would’ve seen the two men reconcile their differences, sitting together and talking out what happened. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfdistrictattorney.org/policy/restorative-justice/\">In their description of the goal of the San Francisco Restorative Justice Collaborative\u003c/a>, the DA’s office specifically points to the method as a practice to encourage multiracial consensus, and global racial solidarity, particularly aiming to repair the relationship between Asian American and African American communities in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, it was a process designed to address moments of hate just like this one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, authorities steered Grayson into another restorative justice path: neighborhood courts. It’s known as a “diversion” program that focuses on rehabilitation and urges participants to take accountability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zhou and Grayson couldn’t be reached for comment for this story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amerson, who was charged with second-degree robbery and inflicting injury on an elder, was released on his own recognizance with a GPS-tracked ankle monitor. His case is ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Notably, Amerson lacked a permanent home when he was arrested for attacking Zhou. He was “mostly transient,” his attorney wrote in a 2020 declaration to the court. Only after his arrest was he able to secure housing, his lawyer wrote, and has been “doing well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Boudin touts hate-crime charges, even when he's dropped them\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The question of when to charge hate crimes has become a source of contention in the recall election against Boudin. In his own defense, Boudin’s current \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/chesaboudin/status/1524906812952047617\">pinned Tweet\u003c/a> highlights a video quoting The San Francisco Chronicle, “ ... beating of Asian father was a hate crime, Boudin decides.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915690\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915690\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-3.05.25-PM.jpg\" alt='A screenshot from a No on H campaign ad features a San Francisco Chronicle article saying, \"beating of Asian Father as a hate crime, Boudin Decides.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-3.05.25-PM.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-3.05.25-PM-800x500.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-3.05.25-PM-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-3.05.25-PM-160x100.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-3.05.25-PM-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot from a No on H campaign ad featuring a San Francisco Chronicle article. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Chesa No on H campaign)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But a review of court records by The SF Standard and KQED shows the hate crime he charged against suspect Sidney Hammond, who allegedly assaulted an Asian American father with a baby stroller on April 30, 2021, were eventually dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DA’s office verified as much and explained that, after charging, they received additional evidence that did not support hate crime charges, including a San Francisco police officer stating in a report that the incidents were not hate motivated. As such, the office was “ethically obligated” to dismiss the hate crime enhancement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And no hate-related charges were pursued against the suspect who kicked Liao out of his walker in the Tenderloin. According to the latest court documents, Ramos-Hernandez has been referred to mental health treatment and was released with a GPS tracking monitor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suspect pushing Ratanapakdee to death, Antoine Watson, remains in custody and is charged with murder. No hate crime-related charges were filed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins, who is one of Boudin’s toughest critics, pointed out the importance of charging hate crimes but also acknowledged that hate crimes are notoriously difficult to charge because they hinge on proving intent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you feel like you’re being targeted for that reason, they want to feel vindicated,” said Jenkins. She added that victims of the crime want to see charges that truly capture and reflect the “full scope of someone's conduct.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But hate crimes are “one of the only charges that require the DA’s office to prove motive for the underlying crime,” she said. In other words, it requires that someone has made a verbal expression regarding the victim’s identity, or shows a clear pattern of targeting over time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are two cases with hate crime charges, among the dozen reviewed by KQED and The SF Standard, and both of them reflect those patterns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A serial vandalism suspect, Derik Barreto, was charged by DA Boudin for nearly 30 counts of hate crimes as he allegedly targeted Asian-owned businesses, breaking their windows. Barreto provided a lengthy interview with the police explicitly saying he had some delusions “around the surveillance capabilities of Chinese,” court documents reveal. In this case, Barreto verbally admitted targeting Chinese-owned businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the judge in the case ordered Barreto to be released, even though the DA’s office opposed the decision. After missing his court date, he’s now facing a bench warrant arrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other case where hate crime charges emerged involved a suspect robbing multiple Asian women. The suspect, O’Sean Garcia, allegedly showed a pattern of targeting victims with the same racial identity. Garcia was released, too, court records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data from the DA’s office showed that a total of 20 cases included hate crime charges in 2021, both standalone misdemeanors and hate crime enhancements, which are tacked onto felonies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear how many of those 20 cases in 2021 are categorized as anti-Asian as opposed to hate directed toward other identities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, not every hateful incident is a crime, as the California Attorney General’s Office laid out in a memo explaining the difference between the two.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The U.S. Constitution allows hate speech as long as it does not interfere with the civil rights of others,” the office\u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/hatecrimes\"> wrote in the advisory\u003c/a>. “While these acts are certainly hurtful, they do not rise to the level of criminal violations and thus may not be prosecuted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Solving hate through community — and data\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In mid-May, leaders from San Francisco’s Asian and Black communities came together at a press conference at Third Baptist Church in the Western Addition to urge authorities to pursue more hate crime charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Public safety is every human being’s birthright,” SFPD Capt. Yulanda Williams said. “Exploitation of our Asian-Pacific Islander community will no longer be tolerated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915696\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915696\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/20220509_134548-1.jpg\" alt=\"Two Asian men and a Black woman sit at a long white table in a church's gymnasium, facing left, speaking to a crowd off-camera.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/20220509_134548-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/20220509_134548-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/20220509_134548-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/20220509_134548-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/20220509_134548-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFPD Captain Yulanda Williams, speaking in her capacity as a civilian, addresses anti-AAPI hate crimes at a press conference at Third Baptist Church in San Francisco on May 9, 2022. \u003ccite>(Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That joint press conference between Black and Asian leaders at Third Baptist Church was convened with the idea that the Black community needed to stand in solidarity with Asian people in calling for more hate crime enhancements, upping the charges suspects face. But Tinisch Hollins, head of Californians for Safety and Justice, said sometimes people react to crime with efforts that ultimately perpetuate racism, and racial injustice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There's a very real sentiment that there are populations of individuals who cause problems and make the city and community unsafe and less desirable,” Hollins said. “And Black people, specifically Black men and boys, are at the top of that list.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, the high-profile cases reviewed by KQED and The SF Standard feature a mix of suspects, across ethnicities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While public discussion around Asian communities frequently references the need for more safety — pushing that word, \"safety,\" in particular — Hollins said that can be a societally palatable code for pushing out Black people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“‘Public safety’ right now, I feel like it’s a very covert way of naming it,” she said. It also focuses solutions on incarceration instead of giving mental health help, housing and education to people who may need it in order to reduce incentives for crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, importantly, research shows that steeper charges — which hate crime enhancements would bring — and longer sentencing don’t reduce crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Magnus Lofstrom, senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, said \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/wp-content/uploads/proposition-47s-impact-on-racial-disparity-in-criminal-justice-outcomes-june-2020.pdf\">his research on Proposition 47\u003c/a>, which reduced some felony thefts and drug offenses to misdemeanors, has shown that reducing prison populations doesn’t lead to a rise in violent crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hollins was raised in the Bayview, near where Zhou was attacked, and said she wasn’t surprised that initial attempts to make peace between Zhou and Grayson bore no fruit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we at all agreed that there are better ways to resolve the kind of social conflicts that come up in our communities, especially when racial tensions are involved,” she said, “you might have a lot more buy-in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both hate crimes and hate incidents are significantly underreported, Lofstrom added. Asian and Pacific Islander immigrant communities face particular barriers to reporting due to insufficient language access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Underreporting is a phenomenon state officials are trying to fix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='stop-aapi-hate']Assemblymember Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, authored AB 1947, which would require California law enforcement agencies to standardize data collection on hate crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ting frequently touts San Bernardino as an example of lax data collection. In 2021 the Southern California county didn’t report a single hate crime. “And in a population so large, given everything that’s going on, it’s really hard to believe,” Ting said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collecting that data is especially important, Ting said, so communities can be level-headed about real threats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Too often with law enforcement, with public safety, we’re driven by fear,” Ting said, “and we’re driven by anecdotal stories and anecdotal incidents and not really by trends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those sorts of incidents are top of mind for Rita Sinha, a 67-year-old South Asian immigrant living in the SoMa neighborhood for 10 years, who said she already feels less safe in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She used to visit churches like Glide Memorial, libraries, parks, grocery stores and medical facilities, she said, “without fear of being robbed or assaulted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, however, “It’s very scary when you walk outside,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ting’s bill passed the Assembly at the end of May. While data may one day drive solutions, for now fear remains persuasive.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"12cases\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>High-profile assaults against the AAPI community, revisited\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>KQED and The SF Standard revisited these 12 high-profile assaults against Asian people in San Francisco in 2020 and 2021, checking the status of those cases in court, following AAPI community concern over the prosecution of hate crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>84-year-old man assaulted — suspect released after mental health program\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915735\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915735\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo01_Rong-Xin-Liao.jpg\" alt=\"An older man seen here in a black jacket and sunglasses, with a pond behind him.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2264\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo01_Rong-Xin-Liao.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo01_Rong-Xin-Liao-800x943.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo01_Rong-Xin-Liao-1020x1203.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo01_Rong-Xin-Liao-160x189.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo01_Rong-Xin-Liao-1303x1536.jpg 1303w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo01_Rong-Xin-Liao-1737x2048.jpg 1737w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rong Xin Liao was viciously kicked out of his seated walker onto the ground in San Francisco's Tenderloin. \u003ccite>(Courtesy San Franciscans for Public Safety Supporting the Recall of Chesa Boudin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On February 20, 2020, Rong Xin Liao, an immigrant and senior, was kicked to the ground while he was waiting at a bus stop, standing with his walker in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suspect, Eric Ramos-Hernandez, was arrested and charged with assault and inflicting injury on an elder. He was initially placed on mental health diversion and released, later switched to behavioral health court, and recently released, in early April 2022. His next court date is in mid-June.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Senior collecting recycling robbed and assaulted — suspect released, pending trial\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/DionLimTV/status/1233158095515185152\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February 2020, right before the pandemic, a 68-year-old Asian man was robbed and assaulted in Hunters Point while collecting recycling cans to resell. The incident was recorded and posted on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police arrested Dwayne Grayson, who recorded the video and made anti-Asian statements in the recording, and Jonathan Amerson, who swung what appeared to be a garbage picker at the victim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grayson’s charges were dropped at the request of the victim, who asked for a restorative justice approach. Amerson was charged with second-degree robbery and inflicting injury on an elder, both felonies. He’s been released.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The killing of Kelvin Chew — pending trial\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915737\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915737\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo3_Kelvin-Chew.jpg\" alt=\"A closeup of a young man's face, his expression is neutral and he is wearing glasses.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1090\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo3_Kelvin-Chew.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo3_Kelvin-Chew-800x454.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo3_Kelvin-Chew-1020x579.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo3_Kelvin-Chew-160x91.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo3_Kelvin-Chew-1536x872.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kelvin Chew, 19, was gunned down while having a walk outside his home on May 7, 2020, in a robbery-turned-fatal-shooting. The police arrested two suspects, Fagamalama Pasene and Zion Young; both are charged with murder. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Chew family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/kelvin-chew-memorial-fundraiser\">Kelvin Chew\u003c/a>, 19, was gunned down while walking outside his home in the Portola District on May 7, 2020, in a robbery-turned-fatal-shooting. Police arrested two suspects, Fagamalama Pasene and Zion Young. Both are charged with murder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trial of the case is believed to start soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The killing of Grandpa Vicha — suspect in custody, pending trial\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/lihanlihan/status/1432081076080427012\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On January 28, 2021, 84-year-old Thai man Vicha Ratanapakdee was knocked to the pavement and killed in San Francisco's Anza Vista neighborhood. The incident was caught on camera, galvanizing the national Stop Asian Hate movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suspect, Antoine Watson, was arrested and charged with murder and is pending trial. The next court date is June 14, 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The grandma who fought back — suspect in mental health program\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915739\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915739\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo05_Xiao-Zhen-Xie.jpg\" alt=\"A senior woman, who is Asian, poses for a photo in a red and white striped shirt, she has an injured eye and face.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo05_Xiao-Zhen-Xie.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo05_Xiao-Zhen-Xie-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo05_Xiao-Zhen-Xie-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo05_Xiao-Zhen-Xie-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo05_Xiao-Zhen-Xie-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo05_Xiao-Zhen-Xie-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco 'Asian Grandma' Xiao Zhen Xie fought back her attacker, becoming an international news topic. \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy of Xie family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In March 2021, 74-year-old Xiao Zhen Xie's story became international news and raised more than $1 million after a video showed that she fought back against her alleged attacker, Steve Jenkins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins remains in custody and was granted permission by a judge to enter a mental health diversion program.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Dad with baby stroller assaulted — hate crime charges dropped\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915740\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915740\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo06_Father.jpg\" alt=\"Surveillance footage shows a man on the ground during as he is attacked.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo06_Father.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo06_Father-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo06_Father-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo06_Father-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo06_Father-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surveillance footage from an incident on April 30, 2021, when an Asian father with a baby stroller was assaulted in front of a grocery store. The suspect, Sidney Hammond, was initially charged with hate crimes. Later the charges were dropped.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On April 30, 2021, an Asian father with a baby stroller \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/san-francisco-asian-hate-crime-man-attacked-grocery-store-sf/10575684/\">was assaulted in front of a grocery store\u003c/a>. The suspect, Sidney Hammond, was initially charged with hate crimes, and later the charges were dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hammond remains in custody and was granted permission by a judge to enter a mental health diversion program.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Two senior women stabbed — suspect in custody, pending trial\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915752\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 799px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915752\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Chui-Fong-Eng.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Chui-Fong-Eng.jpeg 799w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Chui-Fong-Eng-160x109.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chui Fong Eng, 85 (left). \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Run Qin Xie)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On May 5, 2021, two elder Asian women, including 85-year-old Chui Fong Eng, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/exvd5-help-my-grandma-with-medical-bills\">were stabbed in broad daylight in a downtown bus station\u003c/a>. The incident in the Tenderloin neighborhood was caught on video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suspect, Patrick Thompson, was arrested and charged with attempted murder. He remains in custody and the case is pending trial. Thompson has a history of mental health issues, according to news reports, and previously went through mental health diversion programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital assaults\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915742\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915742\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo08_Hospital.jpg\" alt=\"A hospital walkway is seen at the top of the frame as people walk through the area in front of San Francisco General Hospital in the foreground.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo08_Hospital.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo08_Hospital-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo08_Hospital-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo08_Hospital-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo08_Hospital-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk through San Francisco General Hospital on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Gabrielle Lurie/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On May 24, 2021, Angelina Balenzuela allegedly assaulted two Asian American women staff members at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. According to court documents, Balenzuela spat on one victim and called her a “bitch,” then pulled the hair of another victim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Balenzuela was arrested and the case was initially investigated as a hate crime, but hate crime charges were not brought. Balenzuela was released later and failed to show up at court. The court has revoked the release decision and issued a bench warrant.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Chinatown officer attacked — suspect in mental health treatment\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/DionLimTV/status/1399209097946288128\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On May 29, 2021, an SFPD officer was attacked on Kearny Street in Chinatown by the suspect she was trying to arrest, Gerardo Contreras. The incident was caught on video and went viral. It was initially investigated as a hate crime by police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contreras remains in custody since his arrest and was placed in a mental health treatment program.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>94-year-old woman stabbed — suspect in custody, pending trial\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915744\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915744\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo10_Anh.jpg\" alt=\"A split screen shot of an older woman, the left of her in a hospital bed, the right of her standing.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1073\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo10_Anh.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo10_Anh-800x447.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo10_Anh-1020x570.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo10_Anh-160x89.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo10_Anh-1536x858.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anh Peng Taylor, the 94-year-old victim stabbed in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the family of Anh Peng Taylor)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On June 16, 2021, 94-year-old Asian immigrant woman Anh Peng Taylor was stabbed in broad daylight in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suspect, Daniel Cauich, was on an ankle monitor and later arrested for the attempted murder charge. The case is pending trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Man accused of half of San Francisco's hate crime surge\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915745\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11915745 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo11_Vandalism.jpg\" alt=\"Surveillance footage from outside a storefront shows a man pulling back a slingshot.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo11_Vandalism.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo11_Vandalism-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo11_Vandalism-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo11_Vandalism-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo11_Vandalism-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surveillance footage from June 15, 2021, of Derik Barreto, who has been accused of targeting dozens of Asian-owned businesses for vandalism and is considered responsible for half of the anti-Asian hate crime surge in San Francisco in 2021.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Derik Barreto, who has been accused of targeting dozens of Asian-owned businesses for vandalism, is allegedly \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/criminal-justice/anti-asian-hate-crimes-spiked-in-sf-by-more-than-500-in-2021-but-just-1-man-accused-of-half-the-crimes/\">responsible for half of the anti-Asian hate crime surge in San Francisco in 2021\u003c/a>. He was granted mental health treatment and later released. The district attorney’s office argued to reject the motion to release him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After release, Barreto failed to show up in court. His release was revoked in January last year. The court has now changed his status to “fugitive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Robberies targeting Asian women — suspect charged with hate crime, released while case is pending\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915746\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915746\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo12_Women.jpg\" alt='Women at a stop Asian hate rally hold a protest sign reading \"PROUD ASIAN AMERICAN.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1284\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo12_Women.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo12_Women-800x535.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo12_Women-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo12_Women-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo12_Women-1536x1027.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters during a rally to show solidarity with Asian Americans at Embarcadero Plaza on March 26, 2021, in San Francisco. Hundreds of people marched through downtown San Francisco and held a rally at Embarcadero Plaza in solidarity with Asian Americans who had recently been the targets of hate crimes across the United States. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In September, District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced multiple charges of robbery with hate crime enhancement against O’Sean Garcia, who is accused of targeting Asian women. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is a partnership between \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/\">The San Francisco Standard\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/\">KQED\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Warning: This story contains photos, links to videos, embedded videos and textual descriptions depicting hateful violence against members of San Francisco's Asian communities.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">A\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp> month before the pandemic hit California, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DionLimTV/status/1233158095515185152\">a video\u003c/a> went viral on social media showing an older Asian man crying. A crowd surrounded him to watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man, identified in Chinese media as “Mr. Zhou” and in court documents as “Ximing Z.,” was walking his usual route through San Francisco’s Hunters Point neighborhood on Feb. 22, 2020, collecting recyclables to trade in for cash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on that particular Saturday, as Zhou, then 68, made his way to the small, one-block stretch of Osceola Lane, he was attacked and robbed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 20-year-old, Dwayne Grayson, stood nearby, capturing the incident on his cellphone in footage that later would be viewed by millions as it made the rounds online and on television.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grayson can be heard\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbufWls8QRM\"> on the video saying\u003c/a>, “I hate Asians, n— [N-word].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a time of rising hate against Asian communities. Just two days before the attack on Zhou, 84-year-old Rong Xin Liao \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/san-francisco-asian-attack-sf-stop-hate-aapi/10449226/\">was assaulted\u003c/a>. Liao still isn’t sure why someone knocked him to the concrete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s possible because I am Asian, or I am disabled, so I got picked on,” Liao told The San Francisco Standard in mid-May. He was waiting at a bus stop in the Tenderloin neighborhood, when 22-year-old Eric Ramos-Hernandez was recorded on camera jump-kicking Liao to the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In early 2021, Thai immigrant Vicha Ratanapakdee, 84, was killed after being forcefully shoved to the ground during his morning walk in San Francisco. The violent incident was caught on video and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/magazine/vicha-ratanapakdee.html\">shocked the world\u003c/a>. Ratanapakdee later became the public face of the movement demanding justice and safety for Asian Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ratanapakdee’s daughter, Monthanus Ratanapakdee, told The SF Standard that she believed the fatal violence was “racially motivated” because the pandemic has flared up the hate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All these cases, which attracted a huge wave of media coverage, were among many across the country igniting the national Stop Asian Hate movement. But that hate is rarely reflected in criminal charges, in part because it can be hard to prove an attacker was motivated by race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED and The SF Standard partnered to review a dozen high-profile criminal cases in San Francisco involving Asian and Asian American victims during 2020 and 2021 to unpack the essence of the fear from Asian communities — that the crimes are racially motivated — while shining a light on the aftermath of incidents that quickly enter the public consciousness and then fade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the 12 cases, many were initially investigated as hate crimes, but only two were eventually charged as such.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, importantly, five of the 12 defendants have entered mental health diversion programs, meaning the criminal prosecution may be suspended based on the treatment results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All 12 are pending, languishing in a court system still reeling from the pandemic. In recent weeks, Black and Asian community leaders have called on law enforcement to push for hate crime enhancements to stem the tide of anti-Asian hate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in the dozen reviewed cases, even where alternatives to incarceration were pursued, the promises of that process were ultimately unfulfilled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Skip to: \u003ca href=\"#12cases\">12 high-profile criminal cases reviewed by The SF Standard and KQED\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During 2020 and 2021, anger over these crimes helped fuel an effort to recall San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin. According to a poll conducted by Embold Research for The SF Standard in May, a \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/community/asian-american-voters-support-recall-da-chesa-boudin/\">greater percentage of Asian American voters\u003c/a> support the recall against Boudin than any other ethnic group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While community discussion between Black and Asian leaders has sometimes centered on increasing hate crime charges in San Francisco, other Black leaders say that locking people up only harms communities in the long run, perpetuating a cycle of mass incarceration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, more data collection about hate incidents may lead to better community protection. A new state bill may make that information gathering mandatory if it is ultimately signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A crime victim looks for healing instead of prosecution\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Zhou, the man assaulted while collecting recyclables, lives on the edge — like so many other Asian immigrants in San Francisco who can’t or won’t get government aid, whose limited English makes job-hunting difficult, and who lift blue lids in neighborhoods across the city to sustain themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>News reports said Zhou’s experience before the attack in the Hunters Point neighborhood was largely warm and welcoming. In a historically Black neighborhood all-too-familiar with living on the margins, residents would often go out of their way to ensure Zhou’s plastic garbage bag was filled to bursting with discarded cans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s also a neighborhood with a growing Asian population, leading to some animus between the communities. Those raw feelings have become all too public of late.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a recent San Francisco redistricting meeting in City Hall, anger exploded between Asian and Black residents of southeast San Francisco, debating which communities should be granted more representation in a new map of voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You say you have solidarity with us when you call us racists, and Nazis, and corporate shills?” \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tv/CcbJeK9OVrA/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=\">said Drew Min, executive director at San Francisco Community Alliance for Unity, Safety, and Education, speaking to the Black community\u003c/a>. He was speaking at a lectern during public comment on the redistricting process, but called out what he saw as a lack of community solidarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t have the guts to speak up for our people, when your people say something,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People in the audience yelled in anger. “He says there’s going to be a new [District 10], that’s what he said. There’s going to be a new D10,” cried out one woman, speaking to the idea of one community being replaced by another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those sentiments have long simmered in San Francisco. For years, community institutions like the Cameron House in Chinatown and Third Baptist Church in the Western Addition have tried to bridge the gaps between Asian and Black people in their respective neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But with rising attacks against the AAPI community leading up to and during the pandemic, those tensions came to the fore again in public discussions of hateful incidents. That brings us back to 2020, as an Asian man is thrust into the spotlight as he collects cans in Hunters Point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zhou’s attacker, Jonathan Amerson, 56, was recorded standing by a pile of Zhou’s trash bags. He swung at Zhou with what on video looks like a garbage picker, as a crowd looked on. Amerson then allegedly took Zhou’s cart of recycling bags, according to court records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco police later arrested both Amerson and Grayson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for Grayson — the young man who filmed the incident, mocked Zhou, and expressed his hatred in clear terms — the handling of prosecution was more complex since he wasn’t directly involved in the attack; he only recorded it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the DA’s office \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Chesa-Boudin-crime-video-Bayview-Asian-attack-DA-15099780.php#taboola-1\">dropped charges against Grayson\u003c/a> to pursue a more rehabilitation-oriented alternative to traditional prosecution — at Zhou’s request — the media followed closely, framing the story in a way that suggested Boudin was letting Grayson off too easily, even though he was not one of the attackers. Some headlines were misleading, often claiming “charges dropped” against a suspect in the attack, leading many to think charges were dropped against Amerson, the attacker, not Grayson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking to KQED’s Political Breakdown hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos on stage at KQED in May, Boudin defended his decision on Grayson, saying recording the attack against Zhou without intervening was “not a good thing,” and his behavior was \"offensive, horrific, racist, disrespectful\" — but “not criminal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Brooke Jenkins, a former assistant district attorney who is now a spokesperson for the recall effort against Boudin, is also a former hate crimes prosecutor in the DA’s office. She said hate crime charges could have been pursued in Zhou’s case using the hateful slur captured on video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In my view, in that case, it did meet the bar,” Jenkins said. “There were statements that made the intentions very clear, and [made] the motivations very clear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grayson and Zhou ultimately did not participate in a restorative justice process together, as they initially intended. That process would’ve seen the two men reconcile their differences, sitting together and talking out what happened. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfdistrictattorney.org/policy/restorative-justice/\">In their description of the goal of the San Francisco Restorative Justice Collaborative\u003c/a>, the DA’s office specifically points to the method as a practice to encourage multiracial consensus, and global racial solidarity, particularly aiming to repair the relationship between Asian American and African American communities in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, it was a process designed to address moments of hate just like this one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, authorities steered Grayson into another restorative justice path: neighborhood courts. It’s known as a “diversion” program that focuses on rehabilitation and urges participants to take accountability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zhou and Grayson couldn’t be reached for comment for this story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amerson, who was charged with second-degree robbery and inflicting injury on an elder, was released on his own recognizance with a GPS-tracked ankle monitor. His case is ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Notably, Amerson lacked a permanent home when he was arrested for attacking Zhou. He was “mostly transient,” his attorney wrote in a 2020 declaration to the court. Only after his arrest was he able to secure housing, his lawyer wrote, and has been “doing well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Boudin touts hate-crime charges, even when he's dropped them\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The question of when to charge hate crimes has become a source of contention in the recall election against Boudin. In his own defense, Boudin’s current \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/chesaboudin/status/1524906812952047617\">pinned Tweet\u003c/a> highlights a video quoting The San Francisco Chronicle, “ ... beating of Asian father was a hate crime, Boudin decides.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915690\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915690\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-3.05.25-PM.jpg\" alt='A screenshot from a No on H campaign ad features a San Francisco Chronicle article saying, \"beating of Asian Father as a hate crime, Boudin Decides.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-3.05.25-PM.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-3.05.25-PM-800x500.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-3.05.25-PM-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-3.05.25-PM-160x100.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-3.05.25-PM-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot from a No on H campaign ad featuring a San Francisco Chronicle article. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Chesa No on H campaign)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But a review of court records by The SF Standard and KQED shows the hate crime he charged against suspect Sidney Hammond, who allegedly assaulted an Asian American father with a baby stroller on April 30, 2021, were eventually dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DA’s office verified as much and explained that, after charging, they received additional evidence that did not support hate crime charges, including a San Francisco police officer stating in a report that the incidents were not hate motivated. As such, the office was “ethically obligated” to dismiss the hate crime enhancement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And no hate-related charges were pursued against the suspect who kicked Liao out of his walker in the Tenderloin. According to the latest court documents, Ramos-Hernandez has been referred to mental health treatment and was released with a GPS tracking monitor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suspect pushing Ratanapakdee to death, Antoine Watson, remains in custody and is charged with murder. No hate crime-related charges were filed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins, who is one of Boudin’s toughest critics, pointed out the importance of charging hate crimes but also acknowledged that hate crimes are notoriously difficult to charge because they hinge on proving intent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you feel like you’re being targeted for that reason, they want to feel vindicated,” said Jenkins. She added that victims of the crime want to see charges that truly capture and reflect the “full scope of someone's conduct.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But hate crimes are “one of the only charges that require the DA’s office to prove motive for the underlying crime,” she said. In other words, it requires that someone has made a verbal expression regarding the victim’s identity, or shows a clear pattern of targeting over time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are two cases with hate crime charges, among the dozen reviewed by KQED and The SF Standard, and both of them reflect those patterns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A serial vandalism suspect, Derik Barreto, was charged by DA Boudin for nearly 30 counts of hate crimes as he allegedly targeted Asian-owned businesses, breaking their windows. Barreto provided a lengthy interview with the police explicitly saying he had some delusions “around the surveillance capabilities of Chinese,” court documents reveal. In this case, Barreto verbally admitted targeting Chinese-owned businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the judge in the case ordered Barreto to be released, even though the DA’s office opposed the decision. After missing his court date, he’s now facing a bench warrant arrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other case where hate crime charges emerged involved a suspect robbing multiple Asian women. The suspect, O’Sean Garcia, allegedly showed a pattern of targeting victims with the same racial identity. Garcia was released, too, court records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data from the DA’s office showed that a total of 20 cases included hate crime charges in 2021, both standalone misdemeanors and hate crime enhancements, which are tacked onto felonies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear how many of those 20 cases in 2021 are categorized as anti-Asian as opposed to hate directed toward other identities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, not every hateful incident is a crime, as the California Attorney General’s Office laid out in a memo explaining the difference between the two.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The U.S. Constitution allows hate speech as long as it does not interfere with the civil rights of others,” the office\u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/hatecrimes\"> wrote in the advisory\u003c/a>. “While these acts are certainly hurtful, they do not rise to the level of criminal violations and thus may not be prosecuted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Solving hate through community — and data\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In mid-May, leaders from San Francisco’s Asian and Black communities came together at a press conference at Third Baptist Church in the Western Addition to urge authorities to pursue more hate crime charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Public safety is every human being’s birthright,” SFPD Capt. Yulanda Williams said. “Exploitation of our Asian-Pacific Islander community will no longer be tolerated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915696\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915696\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/20220509_134548-1.jpg\" alt=\"Two Asian men and a Black woman sit at a long white table in a church's gymnasium, facing left, speaking to a crowd off-camera.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/20220509_134548-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/20220509_134548-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/20220509_134548-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/20220509_134548-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/20220509_134548-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFPD Captain Yulanda Williams, speaking in her capacity as a civilian, addresses anti-AAPI hate crimes at a press conference at Third Baptist Church in San Francisco on May 9, 2022. \u003ccite>(Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That joint press conference between Black and Asian leaders at Third Baptist Church was convened with the idea that the Black community needed to stand in solidarity with Asian people in calling for more hate crime enhancements, upping the charges suspects face. But Tinisch Hollins, head of Californians for Safety and Justice, said sometimes people react to crime with efforts that ultimately perpetuate racism, and racial injustice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There's a very real sentiment that there are populations of individuals who cause problems and make the city and community unsafe and less desirable,” Hollins said. “And Black people, specifically Black men and boys, are at the top of that list.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, the high-profile cases reviewed by KQED and The SF Standard feature a mix of suspects, across ethnicities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While public discussion around Asian communities frequently references the need for more safety — pushing that word, \"safety,\" in particular — Hollins said that can be a societally palatable code for pushing out Black people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“‘Public safety’ right now, I feel like it’s a very covert way of naming it,” she said. It also focuses solutions on incarceration instead of giving mental health help, housing and education to people who may need it in order to reduce incentives for crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, importantly, research shows that steeper charges — which hate crime enhancements would bring — and longer sentencing don’t reduce crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Magnus Lofstrom, senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, said \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/wp-content/uploads/proposition-47s-impact-on-racial-disparity-in-criminal-justice-outcomes-june-2020.pdf\">his research on Proposition 47\u003c/a>, which reduced some felony thefts and drug offenses to misdemeanors, has shown that reducing prison populations doesn’t lead to a rise in violent crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hollins was raised in the Bayview, near where Zhou was attacked, and said she wasn’t surprised that initial attempts to make peace between Zhou and Grayson bore no fruit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we at all agreed that there are better ways to resolve the kind of social conflicts that come up in our communities, especially when racial tensions are involved,” she said, “you might have a lot more buy-in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both hate crimes and hate incidents are significantly underreported, Lofstrom added. Asian and Pacific Islander immigrant communities face particular barriers to reporting due to insufficient language access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Underreporting is a phenomenon state officials are trying to fix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Assemblymember Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, authored AB 1947, which would require California law enforcement agencies to standardize data collection on hate crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ting frequently touts San Bernardino as an example of lax data collection. In 2021 the Southern California county didn’t report a single hate crime. “And in a population so large, given everything that’s going on, it’s really hard to believe,” Ting said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collecting that data is especially important, Ting said, so communities can be level-headed about real threats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Too often with law enforcement, with public safety, we’re driven by fear,” Ting said, “and we’re driven by anecdotal stories and anecdotal incidents and not really by trends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those sorts of incidents are top of mind for Rita Sinha, a 67-year-old South Asian immigrant living in the SoMa neighborhood for 10 years, who said she already feels less safe in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She used to visit churches like Glide Memorial, libraries, parks, grocery stores and medical facilities, she said, “without fear of being robbed or assaulted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, however, “It’s very scary when you walk outside,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ting’s bill passed the Assembly at the end of May. While data may one day drive solutions, for now fear remains persuasive.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"12cases\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>High-profile assaults against the AAPI community, revisited\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>KQED and The SF Standard revisited these 12 high-profile assaults against Asian people in San Francisco in 2020 and 2021, checking the status of those cases in court, following AAPI community concern over the prosecution of hate crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>84-year-old man assaulted — suspect released after mental health program\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915735\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915735\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo01_Rong-Xin-Liao.jpg\" alt=\"An older man seen here in a black jacket and sunglasses, with a pond behind him.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2264\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo01_Rong-Xin-Liao.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo01_Rong-Xin-Liao-800x943.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo01_Rong-Xin-Liao-1020x1203.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo01_Rong-Xin-Liao-160x189.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo01_Rong-Xin-Liao-1303x1536.jpg 1303w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo01_Rong-Xin-Liao-1737x2048.jpg 1737w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rong Xin Liao was viciously kicked out of his seated walker onto the ground in San Francisco's Tenderloin. \u003ccite>(Courtesy San Franciscans for Public Safety Supporting the Recall of Chesa Boudin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On February 20, 2020, Rong Xin Liao, an immigrant and senior, was kicked to the ground while he was waiting at a bus stop, standing with his walker in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suspect, Eric Ramos-Hernandez, was arrested and charged with assault and inflicting injury on an elder. He was initially placed on mental health diversion and released, later switched to behavioral health court, and recently released, in early April 2022. His next court date is in mid-June.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Senior collecting recycling robbed and assaulted — suspect released, pending trial\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>In February 2020, right before the pandemic, a 68-year-old Asian man was robbed and assaulted in Hunters Point while collecting recycling cans to resell. The incident was recorded and posted on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police arrested Dwayne Grayson, who recorded the video and made anti-Asian statements in the recording, and Jonathan Amerson, who swung what appeared to be a garbage picker at the victim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grayson’s charges were dropped at the request of the victim, who asked for a restorative justice approach. Amerson was charged with second-degree robbery and inflicting injury on an elder, both felonies. He’s been released.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The killing of Kelvin Chew — pending trial\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915737\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915737\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo3_Kelvin-Chew.jpg\" alt=\"A closeup of a young man's face, his expression is neutral and he is wearing glasses.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1090\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo3_Kelvin-Chew.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo3_Kelvin-Chew-800x454.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo3_Kelvin-Chew-1020x579.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo3_Kelvin-Chew-160x91.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo3_Kelvin-Chew-1536x872.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kelvin Chew, 19, was gunned down while having a walk outside his home on May 7, 2020, in a robbery-turned-fatal-shooting. The police arrested two suspects, Fagamalama Pasene and Zion Young; both are charged with murder. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Chew family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/kelvin-chew-memorial-fundraiser\">Kelvin Chew\u003c/a>, 19, was gunned down while walking outside his home in the Portola District on May 7, 2020, in a robbery-turned-fatal-shooting. Police arrested two suspects, Fagamalama Pasene and Zion Young. Both are charged with murder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trial of the case is believed to start soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The killing of Grandpa Vicha — suspect in custody, pending trial\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>On January 28, 2021, 84-year-old Thai man Vicha Ratanapakdee was knocked to the pavement and killed in San Francisco's Anza Vista neighborhood. The incident was caught on camera, galvanizing the national Stop Asian Hate movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suspect, Antoine Watson, was arrested and charged with murder and is pending trial. The next court date is June 14, 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The grandma who fought back — suspect in mental health program\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915739\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915739\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo05_Xiao-Zhen-Xie.jpg\" alt=\"A senior woman, who is Asian, poses for a photo in a red and white striped shirt, she has an injured eye and face.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo05_Xiao-Zhen-Xie.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo05_Xiao-Zhen-Xie-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo05_Xiao-Zhen-Xie-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo05_Xiao-Zhen-Xie-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo05_Xiao-Zhen-Xie-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo05_Xiao-Zhen-Xie-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco 'Asian Grandma' Xiao Zhen Xie fought back her attacker, becoming an international news topic. \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy of Xie family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In March 2021, 74-year-old Xiao Zhen Xie's story became international news and raised more than $1 million after a video showed that she fought back against her alleged attacker, Steve Jenkins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins remains in custody and was granted permission by a judge to enter a mental health diversion program.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Dad with baby stroller assaulted — hate crime charges dropped\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915740\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915740\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo06_Father.jpg\" alt=\"Surveillance footage shows a man on the ground during as he is attacked.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo06_Father.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo06_Father-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo06_Father-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo06_Father-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo06_Father-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surveillance footage from an incident on April 30, 2021, when an Asian father with a baby stroller was assaulted in front of a grocery store. The suspect, Sidney Hammond, was initially charged with hate crimes. Later the charges were dropped.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On April 30, 2021, an Asian father with a baby stroller \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/san-francisco-asian-hate-crime-man-attacked-grocery-store-sf/10575684/\">was assaulted in front of a grocery store\u003c/a>. The suspect, Sidney Hammond, was initially charged with hate crimes, and later the charges were dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hammond remains in custody and was granted permission by a judge to enter a mental health diversion program.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Two senior women stabbed — suspect in custody, pending trial\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915752\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 799px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915752\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Chui-Fong-Eng.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Chui-Fong-Eng.jpeg 799w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Chui-Fong-Eng-160x109.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chui Fong Eng, 85 (left). \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Run Qin Xie)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On May 5, 2021, two elder Asian women, including 85-year-old Chui Fong Eng, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/exvd5-help-my-grandma-with-medical-bills\">were stabbed in broad daylight in a downtown bus station\u003c/a>. The incident in the Tenderloin neighborhood was caught on video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suspect, Patrick Thompson, was arrested and charged with attempted murder. He remains in custody and the case is pending trial. Thompson has a history of mental health issues, according to news reports, and previously went through mental health diversion programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital assaults\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915742\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915742\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo08_Hospital.jpg\" alt=\"A hospital walkway is seen at the top of the frame as people walk through the area in front of San Francisco General Hospital in the foreground.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo08_Hospital.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo08_Hospital-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo08_Hospital-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo08_Hospital-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo08_Hospital-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk through San Francisco General Hospital on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Gabrielle Lurie/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On May 24, 2021, Angelina Balenzuela allegedly assaulted two Asian American women staff members at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. According to court documents, Balenzuela spat on one victim and called her a “bitch,” then pulled the hair of another victim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Balenzuela was arrested and the case was initially investigated as a hate crime, but hate crime charges were not brought. Balenzuela was released later and failed to show up at court. The court has revoked the release decision and issued a bench warrant.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Chinatown officer attacked — suspect in mental health treatment\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>On May 29, 2021, an SFPD officer was attacked on Kearny Street in Chinatown by the suspect she was trying to arrest, Gerardo Contreras. The incident was caught on video and went viral. It was initially investigated as a hate crime by police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contreras remains in custody since his arrest and was placed in a mental health treatment program.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>94-year-old woman stabbed — suspect in custody, pending trial\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915744\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915744\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo10_Anh.jpg\" alt=\"A split screen shot of an older woman, the left of her in a hospital bed, the right of her standing.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1073\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo10_Anh.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo10_Anh-800x447.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo10_Anh-1020x570.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo10_Anh-160x89.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo10_Anh-1536x858.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anh Peng Taylor, the 94-year-old victim stabbed in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the family of Anh Peng Taylor)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On June 16, 2021, 94-year-old Asian immigrant woman Anh Peng Taylor was stabbed in broad daylight in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suspect, Daniel Cauich, was on an ankle monitor and later arrested for the attempted murder charge. The case is pending trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Man accused of half of San Francisco's hate crime surge\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915745\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11915745 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo11_Vandalism.jpg\" alt=\"Surveillance footage from outside a storefront shows a man pulling back a slingshot.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo11_Vandalism.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo11_Vandalism-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo11_Vandalism-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo11_Vandalism-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo11_Vandalism-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surveillance footage from June 15, 2021, of Derik Barreto, who has been accused of targeting dozens of Asian-owned businesses for vandalism and is considered responsible for half of the anti-Asian hate crime surge in San Francisco in 2021.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Derik Barreto, who has been accused of targeting dozens of Asian-owned businesses for vandalism, is allegedly \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/criminal-justice/anti-asian-hate-crimes-spiked-in-sf-by-more-than-500-in-2021-but-just-1-man-accused-of-half-the-crimes/\">responsible for half of the anti-Asian hate crime surge in San Francisco in 2021\u003c/a>. He was granted mental health treatment and later released. The district attorney’s office argued to reject the motion to release him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After release, Barreto failed to show up in court. His release was revoked in January last year. The court has now changed his status to “fugitive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Robberies targeting Asian women — suspect charged with hate crime, released while case is pending\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915746\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11915746\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo12_Women.jpg\" alt='Women at a stop Asian hate rally hold a protest sign reading \"PROUD ASIAN AMERICAN.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1284\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo12_Women.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo12_Women-800x535.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo12_Women-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo12_Women-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Photo12_Women-1536x1027.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters during a rally to show solidarity with Asian Americans at Embarcadero Plaza on March 26, 2021, in San Francisco. Hundreds of people marched through downtown San Francisco and held a rally at Embarcadero Plaza in solidarity with Asian Americans who had recently been the targets of hate crimes across the United States. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In September, District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced multiple charges of robbery with hate crime enhancement against O’Sean Garcia, who is accused of targeting Asian women. 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Rallies and other events were held in the Bay Area and across the country to remember the victims of the shootings and promote awareness about ongoing violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A “Break the Silence” event at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum — featuring a robust speaker lineup of influential Asian American women — provided free legal and mental health resources, including group discussions led by a therapist, and a self-defense workshop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zeien Cheung, co-founder of the group \u003ca href=\"https://asiansarestrong.org/\">Asians Are Strong\u003c/a>, said she helped organize the event both to commemorate the Atlanta spa victims, and to create a safe space for Asian American women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11908526\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11908526\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54500_039_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"woman with 'asians are strong' t-shirt speaks at microphone with mural of strong female asian faces in background\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54500_039_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54500_039_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54500_039_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54500_039_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54500_039_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Event organizer Zeien Cheung speaks during the ‘Break the Silence’ event at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco on March 16, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We need to remember, we need to acknowledge the pain,” Cheung told KQED. “But yet at the same time, how are we moving forward together and collectively doing something to change this?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cheung said the event was not only a time to grieve, but also to acknowledge and celebrate the experience and strength of Asian American women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What can we do, how can we be together, how can we stand together stronger?” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11908531\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11908531\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54490_019_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"smiling women seated next to each other look up as speakers make remarks\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54490_019_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54490_019_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54490_019_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54490_019_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54490_019_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashlyn So, youth activist and fashion designer, and her mom, Angela, listen to speakers during the ‘Break the Silence’ event at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco on March 16, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Between March 2020 and December 2021, nearly 11,000 anti-Asian hate incidents were reported to the California-based coalition \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11876972/inside-the-california-organization-tracking-anti-asian-hate-incidents\">Stop AAPI Hate\u003c/a>. More than 60% of those incidents were reported by women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[The spa shootings were] a reminder for Asian women that we experience violence and discrimination in a particular way, the objectification of women, the stereotypes,” said Cynthia Choi, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate, which is calling for more government investments to support victims of violence and discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because of [the spa shootings], America was finally shocked awake to the reality of anti-Asian hate,” Southern California Democratic Rep. 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I absolutely do not feel safe,” she said. “I definitely have given up a piece of my freedom because I used to go out very freely, but nowadays I have to think multiple times and visualize where I’m going and whether it’s safe to go by myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a raw and emotional address to attendees, Shinhong Byun, the president of the Korean American Bar Association of Northern California, described the trauma she continues to regularly experience 15 years after being sexually assaulted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11908505\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11908505\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54492_033_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A woman is embraced by a young man and woman\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54492_033_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54492_033_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54492_033_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54492_033_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54492_033_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shinhong Byun (center), president of the Korean American Bar Association of Northern California, is comforted by friends and family after an emotional address during the ‘Break the Silence’ event at the Asian Art Museum on March 16, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“My purpose here, I realize, is to show you what violence looks like. What PTSD looks like,” she said. “It’s not [just] in our heads. It’s in the body, too. It gets trapped.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Li, the executive director of the Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council, applauded Byun for her bravery and honesty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s nice to recognize somebody else who’s showing their vulnerability. And that tells us it’s OK to feel those things,” she said. “Seeing her share that vulnerability with us was just a really nice reminder that we’re human beings, and to humanize ourselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Li said the event highlighted the growing level of engagement in the Asian American community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11908549\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11908549\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54502_043_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two dancers perform on a stage.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54502_043_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54502_043_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54502_043_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54502_043_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54502_043_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The K-pop dance group Groobue performs during the ‘Break the Silence’ event at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco on March 16, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In the past year, I feel like the Asian American community has really started to activate,” she said. “People who have never been in community organizing or activism have started to spring up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dorothy Polkadot Quock, who recently turned 88, said she was grateful to attend the event, despite the echo in the museum that made it hard for her to hear the speakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m very encouraged that the Asian community had the support and the spirit to have an event like this,” she said. “I assumed they would have something that would be nominal in memory of the anniversary. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Wednesday marked one year since a gunman killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent, at spa businesses in the Atlanta, Georgia, area. Rallies and other events were held in the Bay Area and across the country to remember the victims of the shootings and promote awareness about ongoing violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A “Break the Silence” event at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum — featuring a robust speaker lineup of influential Asian American women — provided free legal and mental health resources, including group discussions led by a therapist, and a self-defense workshop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zeien Cheung, co-founder of the group \u003ca href=\"https://asiansarestrong.org/\">Asians Are Strong\u003c/a>, said she helped organize the event both to commemorate the Atlanta spa victims, and to create a safe space for Asian American women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11908526\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11908526\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54500_039_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"woman with 'asians are strong' t-shirt speaks at microphone with mural of strong female asian faces in background\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54500_039_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54500_039_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54500_039_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54500_039_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54500_039_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Event organizer Zeien Cheung speaks during the ‘Break the Silence’ event at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco on March 16, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We need to remember, we need to acknowledge the pain,” Cheung told KQED. “But yet at the same time, how are we moving forward together and collectively doing something to change this?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cheung said the event was not only a time to grieve, but also to acknowledge and celebrate the experience and strength of Asian American women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What can we do, how can we be together, how can we stand together stronger?” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11908531\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11908531\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54490_019_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"smiling women seated next to each other look up as speakers make remarks\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54490_019_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54490_019_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54490_019_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54490_019_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54490_019_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashlyn So, youth activist and fashion designer, and her mom, Angela, listen to speakers during the ‘Break the Silence’ event at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco on March 16, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Between March 2020 and December 2021, nearly 11,000 anti-Asian hate incidents were reported to the California-based coalition \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11876972/inside-the-california-organization-tracking-anti-asian-hate-incidents\">Stop AAPI Hate\u003c/a>. More than 60% of those incidents were reported by women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[The spa shootings were] a reminder for Asian women that we experience violence and discrimination in a particular way, the objectification of women, the stereotypes,” said Cynthia Choi, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate, which is calling for more government investments to support victims of violence and discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because of [the spa shootings], America was finally shocked awake to the reality of anti-Asian hate,” Southern California Democratic Rep. Judy Chu, chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11908414/america-was-finally-shocked-awake-one-year-after-atlanta-spa-shootings-democratic-leaders-condemn-anti-asian-hate\">at a news event on the U.S. Capitol steps on Wednesday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But in reality, for over a year, xenophobic slurs like ‘China virus’ and ‘kung flu’ have been terrorizing Asian American communities across the country with thousands of anti-Asian hate crimes and incidents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11908503\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11908503\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54475_006_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two women talk over a table.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54475_006_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54475_006_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54475_006_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54475_006_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54475_006_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna Tong (right) speaks with Diana Vuong about the Southeast Asian Community Center during the ‘Break the Silence’ event at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco on March 16, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At Wednesday’s Asian Art Museum event, Cheung said she was frustrated that more hadn’t been done — locally and nationally — over the last year to make Asian American women feel more secure in their own communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I personally haven’t seen any improvements [to safety]. I absolutely do not feel safe,” she said. “I definitely have given up a piece of my freedom because I used to go out very freely, but nowadays I have to think multiple times and visualize where I’m going and whether it’s safe to go by myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a raw and emotional address to attendees, Shinhong Byun, the president of the Korean American Bar Association of Northern California, described the trauma she continues to regularly experience 15 years after being sexually assaulted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11908505\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11908505\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54492_033_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A woman is embraced by a young man and woman\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54492_033_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54492_033_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54492_033_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54492_033_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54492_033_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shinhong Byun (center), president of the Korean American Bar Association of Northern California, is comforted by friends and family after an emotional address during the ‘Break the Silence’ event at the Asian Art Museum on March 16, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“My purpose here, I realize, is to show you what violence looks like. What PTSD looks like,” she said. “It’s not [just] in our heads. It’s in the body, too. It gets trapped.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Li, the executive director of the Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council, applauded Byun for her bravery and honesty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s nice to recognize somebody else who’s showing their vulnerability. And that tells us it’s OK to feel those things,” she said. “Seeing her share that vulnerability with us was just a really nice reminder that we’re human beings, and to humanize ourselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Li said the event highlighted the growing level of engagement in the Asian American community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11908549\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11908549\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54502_043_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two dancers perform on a stage.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54502_043_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54502_043_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54502_043_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54502_043_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54502_043_KQED_JusticeforAsianWomen_03162022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The K-pop dance group Groobue performs during the ‘Break the Silence’ event at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco on March 16, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In the past year, I feel like the Asian American community has really started to activate,” she said. “People who have never been in community organizing or activism have started to spring up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dorothy Polkadot Quock, who recently turned 88, said she was grateful to attend the event, despite the echo in the museum that made it hard for her to hear the speakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m very encouraged that the Asian community had the support and the spirit to have an event like this,” she said. “I assumed they would have something that would be nominal in memory of the anniversary. But to see the number of people that were here and also the response … is very, very encouraging.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Farida Jhabvala Romero, Juan Carlos Lara, Beth LaBerge and David Marks contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>President Joe Biden on Wednesday remembered the victims of shootings at three massage businesses in Georgia a year earlier and decried racism, misogyny and gun violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six women of Asian descent were among the eight people killed on March 16, 2021. The killings contributed to fear and anger among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders already experiencing a rise in hostility and motivated many people to join the fight against it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asian American organizations in cities across the country planned rallies Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the shootings and to promote awareness about ongoing violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Aaron Long, then 21, shot and killed four people — Xiaojie “Emily” Tan, 49; Daoyou Feng, 44; Delaina Yaun, 33; and Paul Michels, 54 — and seriously injured a fifth person at Youngs Asian Massage in Cherokee County. Authorities say he then drove about 30 miles south to Atlanta, where he killed three women — Suncha Kim, 69; Soon Chung Park, 74; and Hyun Jung Grant, 51 — at Gold Spa, crossed the street and killed Yong Ae Yue, 63, at Aromatherapy Spa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11907902,news_11876972,news_11874508\" label=\"Related Posts\"]“These horrific murders shook communities across America and underscored how far we have to go in this country to fight racism, misogyny, and all forms of hate — and the epidemic of gun violence that enables these extremists,” Biden said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president recalled a meeting he and Vice President Kamala Harris had with Asian American community leaders during a visit to Atlanta shortly after the shootings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We heard about the terror and anguish that too many Asian Americans have felt since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when anti-Asian xenophobia, harassment, and violence skyrocketed to alarming levels,” Biden said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of Congress gathered on the steps of the Capitol Wednesday for a press event organized by the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because of [the spa shootings], America was finally shocked awake to the reality of anti-Asian hate,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FfVnxunhK0\">said Democratic Southern California Rep. Judy Chu, the caucus chair, at the news event\u003c/a>. “But in reality, for over a year, xenophobic slurs like ‘China virus’ and ‘kung flu’ have been terrorizing Asian American communities across the country with thousands of anti-Asian hate crimes and incidents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prejudice and discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. are not new, but racist verbal and physical attacks increased sharply after the coronavirus first appeared in China just over two years ago. Many believe that former President Donald Trump’s use of racist terms to talk about the virus contributed to the trend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11908428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11908428\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54463_GettyImages-1385744683-qut.jpg\" alt=\"woman speaking at podium with 'stop asian hate' written on it as rows of faces of members of congress stand behind her\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54463_GettyImages-1385744683-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54463_GettyImages-1385744683-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54463_GettyImages-1385744683-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54463_GettyImages-1385744683-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS54463_GettyImages-1385744683-qut-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) speaks during commemorations to mark the one-year anniversary of a series of deadly shootings at Atlanta-area spas on the steps of the U.S Capitol on March 16, 2022. \u003ccite>(Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11876972/inside-the-california-organization-tracking-anti-asian-hate-incidents\">Stop AAPI Hate has been tracking incidents nationwide\u003c/a> based on victims self-reporting. From March 19, 2020, through the end of last year, the organization recorded a total of 10,905, with 4,632 occurring in 2020 and 6,273 in 2021. Incidents reported by women made up 61.8% of the total.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after the Georgia shootings, police said Long blamed his actions on a “sex addiction,” which isn’t recognized as an official disorder, and targeted the spas as a source of temptation. That explanation rankled many Asian Americans and their allies, who saw the killings as hate crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he pleaded guilty in July to murder and other charges in the Cherokee County shootings, the district attorney there said investigators did not find evidence that Long was motivated by racial bias. Among other things, the prosecutor noted the diversity of the people shot there — in addition to two women of Asian descent, two victims were white and one Hispanic. But in Atlanta, where all four victims were women of Asian descent, the Fulton County district attorney is pursuing a sentencing enhancement under the state hate crimes law, saying she believes race and gender played a role.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the weeks and months following the shootings, rallies were held to protest violence against people of Asian descent. Prominent figures, including lawmakers and former federal prosecutors, spoke out against the violence and called for solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initial figures from individual police agencies indicate anti-Asian hate crime overall in the U.S. increased 339% in 2021, compared with a 124% rise in 2020, according to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism. But the actual numbers could be much higher since many victims hesitate to report and not all incidents are charged as hate crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11907910\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11907910\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS48155_035_SanFrancisco_RiseUpRally_03262021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS48155_035_SanFrancisco_RiseUpRally_03262021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS48155_035_SanFrancisco_RiseUpRally_03262021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS48155_035_SanFrancisco_RiseUpRally_03262021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS48155_035_SanFrancisco_RiseUpRally_03262021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS48155_035_SanFrancisco_RiseUpRally_03262021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cecile Dang (left) and Bryan Nguyen hold signs to show support for the Asian American community during a student-led rally in San Francisco on March 26, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Preliminary figures released by San Francisco police in January show reported hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders rose by 567% last year. The initial count shows 60 victims in 2021, up from nine in 2020. Half of last year’s victims were allegedly targeted by one man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In New York City, the number of alleged hate crimes against Asians logged by police climbed from 28 in 2020 to 131 last year. 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