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Seattle church hit with anti-Asian graffiti written in hay for 4th time this year
The vandalism has left the community "terrified" and on edge.


https://abcnews.go.com/US/seattle-churc ... itter_abcn
A Seattle church was targeted with racist messages written in hay that said, "F--- China" and "You will pay," church officials said.

The International Full Gospel Fellowship Church in Seattle said someone left the offensive messages in hay in their parking lot on Monday, marking the fourth such attack this year.

Some of the racist messages messages said, "You will pay" and "Go home."

Church office manager Anastasia Antonius told ABC News the church was targeted with the hate messages once in January, twice in February and on Monday, and all incidents involved racist statements.
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Special concern because the church operates a day care in its building,
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I would have probably installed security lights and cameras after the first or second incident, but that's just me.
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"He did purchase the gun the day of the incident" -- Atlanta police officer on mass shooter Robert Long
No background check or waiting period? :roll:
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Volkonski wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:58 pm
No background check or waiting period? :roll:
Not in GA for a rifle or shotgun, hand gun it's a basic online check to an ATF database which only flags for a felony.
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/18/us/metro ... index.html
He is facing four counts of murder and a charge of aggravated assault, according to the county sheriff's office. He also has been charged with more four counts of murder, Atlanta Police Department said.

A law enforcement source told CNN that Long was recently kicked out of the house by his family due to his sexual addiction, which, the source said, included frequently spending hours watching pornography online.

Bottoms said "it would be appropriate" if Long was charged with a hate crime.

"Sex" is a hate crime category under Georgia's new law. If Long was targeting women out of hatred for them or scapegoating them for his own problems, it could potentially be a hate crime.
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Stonekettle is annoyed! A blistering tweet thread.
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White Supremacist Propaganda Widespread In New York, U.S.
A new report by the Anti-Defamation League underscores other reports detailing increased violence against Asian Americans in 2020.


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The findings from the ADL report underscore a recent uptick in harassment and violence against Asian Americans since the coronavirus crisis was declared a pandemic in March 2020.

New data by Stop AAPI Hate reported 3,292 hate incidents against Asian Americans in 2020. After surveying more than 3,300 Asian Americans, researchers found 68 percent had experienced verbal harassment between March 19, 2020, and February 2021. Eleven percent reported being physically assaulted.

Instances of Asian American hate originated in every U.S. state, the AAPI (Asian Americans and Pacific Islander) report said. The highest number, however, was reported in California — nearly 45 percent of all reported hate incidents happened in the Golden State.

Behind California was New York with 13.6 percent of incidents and Washington state with 4 percent.
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Flags are half mast through Monday in Hawaii. Our state is majority Asian.

Fortunately, incidents are rare here and seem to about robbery - purse snatching, etc. - rather than racism. When the former guy started bashing Asians, people gathered in Chinatown (part of Honolulu) to buy from the open air markets, restaurants, etc. The economy in that area of town crashed when the pandemic reached here, but with the support of the community, it is now stabilized.
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Washington — President Biden on Thursday ordered flags at the White House and on federal grounds in the U.S. and abroad to be flown at half-staff after eight people, including six women of Asian descent, were fatally shot at spas near Atlanta.

The president directed the flags be lowered until sunset on March 22 "as a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence" on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, Mr. Biden said on Twitter that he and first lady Dr. Jill Biden "are keeping everyone impacted by the shootings in Atlanta in our prayers."
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https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-spa-s ... KZ2HSQ3BA/
Police on Thursday said their investigation has revealed that the suspect in Tuesday’s spa shooting spree in the metro area had visited both of the northeast Atlanta locations in the past.

“I can say that he had frequented both of those locations,” deputy police Chief Charles Hampton Jr. said at a news conference Thursday. “Unfortunately, they were at that location. I can’t say that he specifically targeted those individuals. He did frequent those two locations.”

The suspect, Robert Aaron Long, was arrested in South Georgia on Tuesday night. The 21-year-old from Woodstock has been charged with eight counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault.
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Volkonski wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:06 pm Seattle church hit with anti-Asian graffiti written in hay for 4th time this year
The vandalism has left the community "terrified" and on edge.


https://abcnews.go.com/US/seattle-churc ... itter_abcn
A Seattle church was targeted with racist messages written in hay that said, "F--- China" and "You will pay," church officials said.

The International Full Gospel Fellowship Church in Seattle said someone left the offensive messages in hay in their parking lot on Monday, marking the fourth such attack this year.

Some of the racist messages messages said, "You will pay" and "Go home."

Church office manager Anastasia Antonius told ABC News the church was targeted with the hate messages once in January, twice in February and on Monday, and all incidents involved racist statements.
And to show how the racists have no idea about geography or even the people they hate, most of the leaders of the church have family names that are generally Indonesian not Chinese (save for one who may from Taiwan). I have a hunch the leadership may also be more than one generation American. You don't find many native Indonesians with the name first name Irwin, Franky, Ricky, or Martin.

In either case, it is wrong whether they were from China or not. I also will toss the blame for these actions right on Trump who kept up his racist names of COVID.
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northland10 wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:00 pm You don't find many native Indonesians with the name first name Irwin, Franky, Ricky, or Martin.
You don't?

Well I can't speak for current practice in the Asian/Islander community in the USA of course, but I can report that it is quite common for Asians and Islanders to have 'dual' names in Australia.

I know many Chinese, Vietnamese, Thais, Malaysians, and Indonesians with names used in public and names used within their families and close friends. And this is true of first generation as well as subsequent generations.

You might be surprised to know that American First Nations folk also have tribal names alongside their western names.
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keith wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:46 pm
northland10 wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:00 pm You don't find many native Indonesians with the name first name Irwin, Franky, Ricky, or Martin.
You don't?

Well I can't speak for current practice in the Asian/Islander community in the USA of course, but I can report that it is quite common for Asians and Islanders to have 'dual' names in Australia.

I know many Chinese, Vietnamese, Thais, Malaysians, and Indonesians with names used in public and names used within their families and close friends. And this is true of first generation as well as subsequent generations.

You might be surprised to know that American First Nations folk also have tribal names alongside their western names.
I stupidly forgot to consider dual names. I work with an international charity and their data, so I should have remembered that easily (must be hitting the pre-Holy Week tired time). :oopsy:

In either case, the racists leaving vandalism piss me off as does Trump and his racist "Chinese Virus" statements.
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The racist who sold China virus t-shirts and said Long had a bad day has been removed from his position. Just stated on Lawrence O'Donnell's show..
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Lani wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 10:46 pm The racist who sold China virus t-shirts and said Long had a bad day has been removed from his position. Just stated on Lawrence O'Donnell's show..
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-coro ... 2df9f1d5d3
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A Georgia sheriff’s office captain has been replaced as the spokesman in the investigation into the recent massage parlor slayings after the spokesman drew widespread outrage for saying the suspect in the killings had had a “really bad day.”

Cherokee County Communications Director Erika Neldner announced in a statement Thursday that she will be handling media inquiries related to Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office’s investigation into Tuesday’s slayings.

The statement did not give details about the status of Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. Jay Baker, who was criticized for saying during a news conference Wednesday that the 21-year-old suspect had had “a really bad day” and “this is what he did.”

Earlier Thursday, Sheriff Frank Reynolds issued a statement acknowledging that some of Baker’s comments stirred “much debate and anger” and said the agency regrets any “heartache” caused by his words.
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The names of the 8 people killed in Atlanta-area spa attacks Tuesday:

• Soon C. Park, age 74

• Hyun J. Grant, age 51

• Suncha Kim, age 69

• Yong A. Yue, age 63

• Delaina Ashley Yaun, age 33

• Paul Andre Michels, age 54

• Xiaojie Tan, age 49

• Daoyou Feng, age 44
Not the age range I was imagining.
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I believe Delaina is the white woman who went to the spa with her Asian husband for a massage. They have an 8 month old daughter and a teenager son.
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Judging from the ages of the Asian women who were killed, it was flat-out racism and not sex addiction. Not that there was ever any difference between the two pathologies.
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Scenes of Mourning and Defiance
People gathered at memorials and rallies across the country to denounce the shootings in Atlanta and call for an end to anti-Asian violence.


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/21/us/s ... iance.html
At rallies and vigils in Houston and Chicago, and among other cities, people mourned the victims and called for change through megaphones and signs demanding “Stop Asian Hate” and declaring “Not Your Model Minority.”

In New York City, a march in solidarity wove through the streets of Chinatown in Manhattan.
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Long's church has tossed him out.
ATLANTA — The conservative Baptist church attended by the accused Atlanta gunman expelled him from its congregation Sunday morning, saying he is no longer considered a “regenerate believer in Jesus Christ."
His former roommate said:
“He was racked with a very specific kind of guilt — which is to say religious,” Bayless said. “He was militant about it. I mean, this was the kind of guy who would hate himself for masturbating, would consider that to be a relapse.”

Experts this week have said the mentality Bayless described is common within evangelical “purity culture,” which teaches that sexual desire outside of marriage is sinful and those who fail to control their lust are sometimes considered “sex addicts.” The church’s bylaws assert that adultery, fornication and pornography are “sinful and offensive to God.”

In both 2019 and 2020, Long had spent time at HopeQuest, an evangelical treatment facility in nearby Acworth specializing in sex addiction and pornography addiction, as well as “gay conversion therapy.” That facility is less than a mile from Young’s Asian Spa — the site of Long’s first attack on Tuesday evening.
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BTW, people who knew the owner and employees at the spa say that it was not sex shop. The owner had no locks on the doors to protect them and looked out for men seeking sex. She was very protective of the employees and threw out men who were looking for a happy ending.
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Lani wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:04 am BTW, people who knew the owner and employees at the spa say that it was not sex shop. The owner had no locks on the doors to protect them and looked out for men seeking sex. She was very protective of the employees and threw out men who were looking for a happy ending.
This explains why someone would have a date night there, bring their kids, and chill at a massage parlor. Not my idea of a date, but it's not a bad one.
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Woman of Asian descent assaulted in NYC on her way to protest anti-Asian violence
The woman's protest sign was destroyed and she was punched twice in the face as she walked through lower Manhattan, the New York City Police Department said.


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wo ... n-n1261759
A woman of Asian descent was violently assaulted in New York City on Sunday while she was traveling to a protest against anti-Asian violence in what police are calling a hate crime.

The 37-year-old woman, who was not identified, was walking in lower Manhattan when a man approached her and snatched her protest sign, the New York Police Department said Monday.

"The individual attempted to place the sign into a garbage can but then placed the sign on the ground and stomped on it," the NYPD said. "When the victim asked the male why he did that, he punched her twice in the face with a closed fist."

The suspect fled onto the nearby Astor Place subway station and the victim was treated for minor injuries at a city hospital, according to police.
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Straphanger urinates on Asian woman inside NYC subway car

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A man urinated on an Asian woman aboard a Queens-bound subway train over the weekend, cops said Monday.

The disgusting act unfolded around 1:30 p.m. Saturday when the creep pulled out his penis on an F train and started to relieve himself, according to police.

The horrified woman, who is in her 20s, shifted down the train, but the man then turned and started peeing on the subway seat next to her, splashing her with urine, cops said.

“He started standing really close to me and I began to feel uncomfortable,” the woman told blog AsianFeed. “So I scooted to my right and noticed that his penis was pointed at me and that there was urine on my bag and jacket.”
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What in the hell is wrong with people? :mad:
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