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6 charged with hate crimes in robberies targeting Asians
KTVU ^ | December 15, 2021 | Henry Lee

Posted on 12/15/2021 6:04:06 PM PST by artichokegrower

SAN JOSE, Calif. - San Jose police on Wednesday announced the arrest of six men who allegedly committed dozens of robberies, burglaries and thefts since last year, including many that targeted people of Asian descent.

The suspects have been charged for more than 70 cases that occurred between October 2020 and this September, and hate crime enhancements have been added because the men frequently targeted Asian women, some of whom ended up injured in robberies, police said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: asianhatecrimes; bidensfault; bidenvoters; blackracism; blackracists; blacksupremacy; blacktrashmatters; california; domesticterrorism; obamasfault; sanjose
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To: T Ruth
...these incidents, over 100 throughout the Bay Area were committed by some individuals,

Some people did something.

41 posted on 12/15/2021 9:01:01 PM PST by TChad ("Joe, we should evacuate the civilians before the military. You understand that, right? Joe?")
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To: TChad

Here’s What The New Hate Crimes Law Aims To Do As Attacks On Asian Americans Rise

Updated May 20, 2021

Following overwhelming support from both chambers of Congress, President Biden signed legislation Thursday that addresses hate crimes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, with particular emphasis on the increase in violence against Asian Americans.

At an event in the East Room of the White House, Biden thanked lawmakers for coming together to pass the legislation. He said standing against hatred and racism, which he called “the ugly poison that has long haunted and plagued our nation,” is what brings Americans together.

“My message to all of those who are hurting is: We see you and the Congress has said, we see you. And we are committed to stop the hatred and the bias,” he said.

The legislation, introduced by Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., and Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, aims to make the reporting of hate crimes more accessible at the local and state levels by boosting public outreach and ensuring reporting resources are available online in multiple languages.

It also directs the Department of Justice to designate a point person to expedite the review of hate crimes related to COVID-19 and authorizes grants to state and local governments to conduct crime-reduction programs to prevent and respond to hate crimes.
Vice President Harris introduced Biden ahead of the signing and reflected on the increase in violence against Asian Americans.

“This violence — it did not come from nowhere, and none of it is new. In my life, my lived experience, I have seen how hate can pervade our communities,” she said. Harris, who is the first Asian American vice president, added, “I have seen how hate can impede our progress. And I have seen how people uniting against hate can strengthen our country.”

Harris noted the work to combat racism doesn’t end with the signing of the bill.

“Here’s the truth: Racism exists in America. Xenophobia exists in America, antisemitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, transphobia — it all exists. And so the work to address injustice wherever it exists remains the work ahead,” she said.

The signing comes two days after the House of Representatives passed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act by a vote of 364-62; all 62 votes against the bill were from Republicans. The Senate approved the legislation last month, with near-unanimous support; Missouri Republican Josh Hawley was the sole senator to vote against the bill.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., attended Thursday’s ceremony along with a number of Democrats, advocates, families of victims of hate crimes and others. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who helped co-author a key provision that paved the way for the bill’s passage, was also in attendance.
Asian Americans have faced a dramatic spike in violence throughout the pandemic. The organization Stop AAPI Hate documented 6,603 hate incidents from March 2020 to March 2021, and leaders said the true number is much higher as many hate crimes go unreported. Democrats have pointed to former President Donald Trump’s frequent use of racist phrases such as “kung flu” to describe the coronavirus as a link to the increase in anti-Asian sentiment in the country.

Stop AAPI Hate praised the legislation for investing in “community-centered solutions and provisions to mitigate anti-Asian rhetoric” but said further legislation is needed to address the “root causes of systemic racism and oppression.”

“Because the Act centers criminal law enforcement agencies in its solutions, it will not address the overwhelming majority of incidents reported to our site which are not hate crimes, but serious hate incidents,” the coalition said in a statement after the House passage.

Attorney General Merrick Garland called the bill signing an “important step toward protecting everyone in our country from acts of hate and intolerance.”

“The Department of Justice is proud to play a central role in implementing this legislation,” he said in a statement following the signing. “Investigating and prosecuting hate crimes is a top priority, deeply rooted in the department’s founding. We will use the new law to enhance the aggressive measures we are taking to combat crime motivated by bigotry and discrimination.”


42 posted on 12/15/2021 9:26:26 PM PST by artichokegrower (I )
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To: cdcdawg

No, don’t you understand? They are all MAGA hat wearing wite supremicitzz.


43 posted on 12/15/2021 11:02:53 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: traderrob6

Send them to Puerto Rico, they will be taken care of there (from the video posted yesterday).


44 posted on 12/15/2021 11:43:05 PM PST by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: 5th MEB

We’re generally always right on that note...


45 posted on 12/16/2021 1:05:29 AM PST by caww ( )
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To: artichokegrower

I oppose charging people with “hate crimes”.

If these men robbed other black citizens, they would get less punishment.

What a great system the communists create!


46 posted on 12/16/2021 2:42:46 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (We are being played by forces most do not understand)
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To: artichokegrower

Didn’t only white people attack Asians, because Trump kept saying “China flu”?


47 posted on 12/16/2021 2:58:31 AM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking. )
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To: artichokegrower
Harris, who is the first Asia.n American vice president,

I knew about Jamaican and Indian, not about Asian. She sure can check those boxes, can't she!

I'll believe that she will endorse the prosecution of black assaults on Asians as hate crimes when I see it. More likely she'll try to get the charges dropped and claim that Asians are the new white supremacists.

48 posted on 12/16/2021 5:05:39 PM PST by TChad ("Joe, we should evacuate the civilians before the military. You understand that, right? Joe?")
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