May 19, 2021 Pro-Palestinian mob accused of attacking Jewish diners in LA, possible hate crime An alleged violent attack on Jewish diners by a mob of pro-Palestinian supporters in Los Angeles on Tuesday night was being investigated as a possible hate crime, and triggered condemnation from Mayor Eric Garcetti.
May 16, 2021 Louisville police investigate whether attack on Army veteran at grocery store was racially motivated Police in Louisville, Kentucky are reportedly investigating after a disabled Army veteran has claimed that she was called a “White b****” by one of four, young Black women who then allegedly knocked her to the ground and proceeded to beat her in a grocery store parking lot on Mother’s Day.
May 13, 2021 California DOJ's Racial Justice Bureau rollout sparks confusion California Attorney General Rob Bonta will launch the state's first Racial Justice Bureau, he announced Tuesday.
May 13, 2021 California police arrest 17-year-old, 11-year-old in robbery of elderly Asian man near San Francisco Police in northern California arrested an 11-year-old and a 17-year-old Wednesday in connection to a violent assault and robbery of an elderly Asian man caught on camera over the weekend.
May 12, 2021 New York woman arrested after striking Asian woman with a hammer, causing laceration A woman who allegedly demanded two Asian women remove their masks then struck one with a hammer was arrested Wednesday, the NYPD announced.
May 11, 2021 Ahmaud Arbery death: Men plead not guilty to hate crimes Three Georgia men pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges Tuesday in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was chased and shot after being spotted running in the White defendants' neighborhood.
May 11, 2021 Prosecutor plans to seek death penalty in Atlanta-area spa shootings A man accused of killing eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage businesses was indicted Tuesday on murder charges, and a prosecutor filed notice that she'll also seek hate crime charges and the death penalty.
May 8, 2021 Virginia police: Man accused of assaulting worker, using Asian slurs Authorities in a Virginia suburb of the nation’s capital say they are seeking to arrest a man who reportedly left a restaurant without paying, used racial slurs when confronted by two Asian American workers and assaulted one of them.
May 8, 2021 San Francisco man suspected in multiple attacks on Asian victims to be charged with hate crimes: DA The suspect in two unprovoked attacks on Asian men in San Francisco last week will be charged with hate crimes, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin said Saturday.
May 7, 2021 Maryland's anti-Asian discrimination group first-of-its-kind amid surge in attacks Maryland is leading the way in creating solutions for the state and the country amid a startling surge in anti-Asian hate crimes nationwide.
