China News Service, September 17th. According to the US "World Journal" report, since the outbreak, the number of hate crimes against Asians in New York City has increased. The City Police Department previously established an "Asian Hate Crimes Working Group" to deal with Asian hate crimes. event.
In recent days, Mayor Bai Sihao once again condemned discrimination against Asians, saying that Asians have suffered double the pain in the epidemic, and "discrimination against Asians is unacceptable."
He called on people of Asian descent who have been discriminated against to contact the "Asian Hate Crime Working Group" in a timely manner to combat hate crimes.
Bai Sihao said that Asians have made great contributions to the development of New York City, but since the beginning of the epidemic, they have been mistakenly targeted by hate crimes.
Residents in communities of Chinese descent, such as Chinatown and Flushing, have not only experienced the torment of the epidemic, but also suffered from racial discrimination. Many small Asian businesses have been targeted and their shop income has plummeted.
"Such discriminatory behavior is unacceptable and is inconsistent with New York City's values of tolerance."
Bai Sihao said that at present, attacks and hate crimes against Asians are still rampant, so the city police department previously established an "Asian Hate Crimes Working Group."
The team leader Lu Xiaoshi said that Asians face many obstacles in countering hate crimes, including language barriers and cultural barriers. Many people are also afraid of retaliation after reporting, lazy reporting or distrusting the police.
He called on all Asians who have suffered racial discrimination attacks and hate crimes to contact the team in time to bring the attackers to justice.
It is understood that the "Asian Hate Crimes Working Group" is composed of 25 Asian police officers, all of whom are capable people selected from the city's sub-bureaus and detective teams. They are fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, Fuzhou dialect, Korean and Japanese.
For all hate crime investigations involving Asian victims, a police officer who is similar to the victim's ethnicity, language or culture will be dispatched to make the victim highly cooperate with the investigation.
(He Zhaoyu)