Despite the gruesome and tragic nature of these assaults, it also comes after weeks of hearing government officials using racist remarks to describe coronavirus.
On Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo released a statement denouncing the attack. “I am disgusted to hear that a woman of Asian descent was physically assaulted in Manhattan on Tuesday – an attack apparently motivated by the bigoted notion that an Asian person is more likely to carry or transmit the novel coronavirus,” the statements reads. “To be clear: there isfor the transmission of the coronavirus.
Later that same day, the NYPD said a man was attacked in East Harlem by an unidentified man who made anti-Asian remarks before kicking the victim. The suspect allegedly told the man to go back to his country before mentioning the coronavirus,It is believed that this same suspect attacked this man before on March 7 when he spat in his face and made anti-Asian comments related to the virus.
Following these attacks, law enforcement deployed their hate crimes task force and are investigating both as racially-motivated crimes. Despite the gruesome and tragic nature of these assaults, it also comes after weeks of hearing government officials using
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