Hate crime charges in stabbing, teen harassed: New York City anti-Asian incidents highlight rise in

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BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. - Yena Choe, 16, was at Times Square on Saturday with six friends to film a video for the Korean-American Association of New Jersey's "Samiljeol" event, a remembrance of Korean resistance to Japanese rule.

As they walked with Korean flags, an unmasked, middle-aged woman glared at the teens and told them, "Get away from me. Stay far away from me," while waving her hands, Choe said.

"We did nothing to provoke this woman," said the Leonia High School sophomore, who said she and her friends were all wearing double face masks. "Yet based on our appearance, and quite possibly even based on the flags flying in our hands, we were treated as if we were a contagious disease.

"For the rest of the day, I was afraid," she said. "I was afraid that something like that could happen again, that next time it could be worse than a glare and a rude remark."

Days later in the city's Chinatown, Salman Muflihi was arrested after allegedly stabbing a 36-year-old Asian man, police said. Muflihi is facing charges of attempted murder as a hate crime, assault as a hate crime, forgery and criminal possession of a weapon, according to New York Police Department statements to USA TODAY on Friday.

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1. Terrible, this has to stop.

It is reminiscent of that period after 9-11 when there were many hate crimes.

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2. Kung-flu! China virus! "Why don't you ask YOUR people?"

Gee, I wonder where all this anti-Asian sentiment is stemming from? Anti-Asian bigotry is hardly new in this country, and like most other bigotries, except anti-Black racism, anti-gay male bigotry, and anti-Semitism, there is an ebb and flow. Other countries with large Asian populations have seen a slight increase in hate crimes, but not like our country, which, IMO, demonstrates the power of the words of a president. Though COVID issues seems to be subsiding, I am afraid we still may see an increase or at least continued level of hate crimes against Asian-Americans because some blame the virus for the loss of their hero, the POS who fucked up the response.