A witness saw the man “walking openly with a rifle and entering the bathroom” and alerted management, then notified police after a preliminary investigation. The officers immediately located the man and detained him. According to the Atlanta Police Department, officers recovered five firearms (two long guns and three pistols) and body armor during the investigation. … Read more
Sindy Benavides felt he understood what the Asian community was going through after eight people, including six Asian women, were killed in Georgia this week. Benavides, national board chairman of the League of United Latin American Citizens, had felt the same trauma and then the onslaught of solidarity after a gunman in El Paso killed … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: VideoPeople gathered Wednesday night to remember the victims of the spa killings in Georgia. In New York, a vigil in Jackson Heights, Queens, drew 200 people.CreditCredit…Shuran Huang for The New York Times For hours on a drizzly Wednesday, Jesus Estrella held a “Stop Asian Hate” sign outside Young’s Asian … Read more
(Image via stopaapihate.org) The killing of eight people, including six Asian women, near Atlanta on Tuesday sparked a wave of grief and indignation in the United States and calls for an end to hatred and violence against Asian Americans over the past year. Tech companies and community figures from the Seattle area collectively condemned Tuesday’s … Read more