<Anchor> This
is the breaking news of the Atlanta shootings where 8 people, including 4 Koreans, were killed.
Criticism is growing in the United States as the shooter allegedly committed a crime because of'sex addiction', and the US police also saw this history as one of the motives for the crime.
Then, the U.S. police said they would also consider prosecuting a hate crime.
President Biden ordered the White House to be hoisted early.
This is Kim Jong-won's correspondent from New York.
<Reporter> At a
briefing, Atlanta city police, who are investigating the second shooting in which four Korean Americans were killed, emphasized that our investigation will be different.
[Charles Hampton/Atlanta City Police Deputy Commissioner: Our investigation will be a little different.
(Are you still seeing allegations of hate crimes?) We are investigating without excluding all possibilities.] Since
the Cherokee County Sheriff, who is investigating the first shooting, announced yesterday (18th) that the crime was caused by sex addiction. Criticism across the country for obscuring the nature of the case has made it clear that it will not rule out even dated hate crimes.
There is a growing voice across the country calling for an end to hate crimes against Asians.
President Biden issued a decree and ordered early hoisting to government offices and the military.
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Asian hate crimes today.
[Representative Young Kim/US Congressman: Hatred, prejudice, and crimes against Asians are never tolerated and should be stopped immediately.]
Protests followed in the United States, including New York and Washington, and in New York City, candidates for mayors all came out in Asia. Crime condemnation contests were also held.
[Al Sharpton / Pastor of the Black Human Rights Movement: We were also targets of hatred, so we should not let Asian American brothers and sisters suffer this alone.]
Politics and civil society are in solidarity in front of Asian hate crimes.