Anti-Asian Hate

• Ottawa sees 23.5 per cent increase in hate and bias motivated incidents in 2023

  The Ottawa Police Service says there were 221 reported hate-motivated incidents in the last year.

  Crime

  Jul 7, 2023
  
• Vancouver sees drop in reported anti-Asian hate crimes after pandemic spike

  The number of anti-Asian hate crimes reported in Vancouver is dropping year over year after a shocking more than 700 per cent spike during the pandemic.

  Crime

  Oct 13, 2022
  
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• How San Francisco’s Chinatown fought back against anti-Asian hate

  San Francisco’s Chinatown appears safe on the surface but like Vancouver, the northern California city saw an explosion of anti-Asian hate during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Sep 8, 2022
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• New campaign urges Richmond, B.C. residents to report racism to police in real time

  While a person's instinct may be to film an interaction and post it on social media, RCMP are calling on the public to report racially motivated incidents as they occur.

  Crime

  Aug 23, 2022
• ‘You’re in Canada now’: B.C. man berates women for not speaking English

  "At first I was agitated really. I saw a lot of people walking by and not saying anything and that's when I decided to confront him," Donna Damaso told Global News.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2022
• Texas salon shooting suspect indicted for anti-Asian hate crime

  The Dallas County District Attorney's Office announced the indictment Tuesday of 37-year-old Jeremy Terrence Smith for the May 11 shooting at a salon in Dallas' Koreatown.

  World

  Aug 9, 2022
• Suspect sought in west Edmonton anti-Asian graffiti investigation

  Edmonton police are looking for the public's help identifying a suspect after anti-Asian graffiti was discovered in several parts of some west end neighbourhoods.

  Crime

  Aug 8, 2022
• Racial slurs hurled at Classical Chinese Garden’s staff in Vancouver’s Chinatown

  A popular tourist attraction in Vancouver's Chinatown repeatedly targeted by vandals during the pandemic experienced a resurgence of anti-Asian hate on Saturday.

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2022
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• Police search for gunman after 3 Korean women shot in Texas salon

  Dallas police have not ruled out the possibility that the shooting was a hate crime. The FBI are monitoring the investigation.

  World

  May 12, 2022
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• Toronto police record rise in hate crimes, including against Asian Canadians

  Last year saw 257 hate crimes reported in Toronto, significantly above the 10-year average of 162 per year.

  Crime

  Apr 26, 2022