'I don't know why you're here': New York man charged with hate crime after attacking Asian women
New York and California continue to be the hot spots with alarming rates of hate crimes against the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. While data show that barely any hate crimes led to convictions, hope remains as more arrests and charges are presented to those who commit such acts of violence.
In a recent incident, a New York City man was charged with assault as a hate crime and aggravated harassment Wednesday after allegedly shouting racist comments and dousing two Asian American women in liquid in a subway station.