China Overseas Chinese Network, January 23. According to the US "World Journal" report, last year there was a sharp increase in the number of hate cases targeting Asian and Pacific Americans in Orange County. The Mayor of Irvine Farrah Khan hosted an online hatred case forum for Asian and Pacific Americans on the evening of the 20th, inviting you Representatives from the Bay Police Station and the community attended the presentation to raise residents’ awareness of hate cases and actively cooperate with the police to strengthen prevention.

　　Don Han, executive director of the Orange County Interpersonal Relations Association, said that there have been fewer than ten hate cases targeting Asian-Pacific descent in the Orange County area over the years, and many new immigrants of Asian-Pacific descent are unwilling to report it.

But last year, there were more than 50 hate cases targeting Asian-Pacific descent, which made people feel alarmed.

　　Irvine Police Chief Mike Hammel said that due to the general public’s lack of understanding of hate cases, they would not report to the police even if they were attacked.

Stopping hate cases requires the cooperation of the police, the government and the community. The Irvine Police Department began tracking hate cases that occurred in Irvine in 2015. From the statistics, it can be seen that hate cases have doubled in Irvine in the past two years. .

　　Irvine police detectives Victor Chang and Jason Renshaw took turns to explain the scope of hate incidents, hate speech, cases, and crimes all refer to verbal or behavioral attacks based on the victim's race, nationality, religious belief, sexual orientation or defect , Only when the evidence constitutes criminal conditions such as destruction, attack, theft, and threats, the police will hand the prosecutor to the prosecutor for hate crimes.

　　Regardless of the extent of an individual's attack, the police encourage the public to report it. When the evidence is ambiguous, the police collect similar cases, which may help further investigation and prosecution in the future.

　　Take the Tustin Market Place hatred case at the junction of Irvine and Tustin at around 11 a.m. on December 27 last year as an example. When a Chinese woman was shopping in a store, she found that a man and a woman were not wearing masks and had not been with her. Keep social distancing, so reflect to the shop assistant.

Unexpectedly, I met the same man and woman in the parking lot. The white man pointed at her and cursed "Go back to China, go back to your house". He was even more angry when he saw her take out her mobile phone, threatening to do something against her, and citing racial discrimination. "The video is useless. Thank you for bringing the new crown virus to my country!" After receiving the report, the Tostin Police Department immediately launched an investigation and search for evidence. As the video evidence is complete, not only the perpetrator was found, but also Hand the entire case to the Orange County prosecutor.

　　The mayor of Irvine, Farrah Khan, said that before she was elected as a city councillor, she accompanied friends who had suffered hate attacks to the Irvine Police Station to report the case. Her friend was very nervous at first and learned the importance of reporting with the professional assistance of police officers.