83-year-old Korean-American died in Calif., and his widow received this letter after the funeral:

[dalton99a]

https://ktla.com/news/one-less-asian-to-put-up-with-hate-crime-probed-after-seal-beach-woman-receives-letter-lauding-husbands-death/

‘One less Asian to put up with’: Hate crime probed after Seal Beach woman receives threatening letter lauding husband’s death
by: Erika Martin, Chip Yost, Kimberly Cheng
Posted: Mar 23, 2021 / 06:55 PM PDT / Updated: Mar 23, 2021 / 10:42 PM PDT

Police are investigating whether a hate crime was committed after an Asian woman in Seal Beach received a racist and threatening letter celebrating her husband’s recent death.

Claudia Choi called authorities Monday to report she feared the safety of her 82-year-old mother who’d received the letter at her residence in Leisure World, a large retirement community.

The handwritten, anonymous letter begins: “Now that [your husband] is gone makes it one less Asian to put up with in Leisure World.”

It goes on to say the presence of Asian Americans is not “resting well” with others in the community and closed by telling the woman to “watch out” and “go back to your country where you belong.”

[vercetti2021]

1. Fucking sick

I hope they find this jagoff and stick them in jail. I just pray I never see this happen in person. My anger is extremely bad and I wouldn't hesitate to defend the person.

[Laha]

19. I'm with you

I hope I never see anything like this. I might be the one who ends up in jail. The other one will end up in the hospital though.

[vercetti2021]

20. Exactly

Or as I always say. Get him a body bag.

[dawg day]

2. This is our country now..

I know it's not most of us.

But this was ordained from the top, hatred .. from Trump.

And 74million voters are okay with that.

[dawg day]

3. Woman handwriting

That 60s penmanship style.. but there's little quivering, so I think she's not much over 70.

[TexasTowelie]

8. Note that on the words that end with a "g" or "y" that it ends with a downstroke

rather with an upstroke to close out the loop as most of learned when writing cursive. Reminds me more of a man's handwriting because of that.

[xmas74]

13. My grandfather had lovely handwriting like this.

And it stayed with little quivering until he passed away in his early 80s.

[BigmanPigman]

14. I think there is a good deal of shaking...first thing I noticed.

I am a penmanship expert since I had to decipher both cursive and printing by students in 1st and 6th grades for over 15 years. I'd say the person is definitely over 75. If police check anyone out they should start by looking for a senior.

[wnylib]

22. Except for the quivering and

the downdstroke at the end of words, it looks a lot like my own handwriting. My "r" is usually not as well formed, though.

[dawg day]

24. The P with the big hump looks like the way my mother was taught

She always had nice handwriting... and she'd never use it to write nasty things like that.

[qazplm135]

4. the level of just nastyness

you have to have to write this letter to a widow...it's breathtaking.

It's one thing to think this, but to then take the time to write the letter, consider whether or not to send it and then decide, yep, this is the right move...that's some next level evil.

[SunSeeker]

10. Sounds like a typical Orange County California Republican.

Leisure World is a retirement community in Seal Beach, CA, located in Orange County, CA. Orange County is where the John Birch Society was formed.

[BigmanPigman]

15. Ah ha!

You nailed it!

[littlemissmartypants]

5. So mean and so sad. I recently lost my beloved daddy and

I can't imagine what a low life psychopath one must be to write such a letter. Rest in peace, Mr. Byong. Condolences to his loved ones.



❤

[Dan]

6. It is a very distinctive writing style and wouldn't be hard to match.

and since they used the name - definitely someone they know.

[SunSeeker]

7. The irony is this area is represented by a Korean-American Republican Congressperson.

Michelle Steel.

And I am sure whoever wrote that letter voted for Michelle Steel.

So far, Steel has not said a word about this incident. Instead, she sent out a tweet pushing for the recall of Governor Newsom over his covid restrictions.

[onetexan]

9. Disgusting racist

[applegrove]

11. Acting out like the babies the GOP supporters are.

[Demovictory9]

12. Sad.

[Roy Rolling]

16. At least 80 years old

The handwriting is slow and shaky. I’m guessing they will be located or die. Anybody who hand writes a letter like that is demented, in a clinical way.

Republicans made it fashionable for them to be an asshole.

[ansible]

17. Definitely not someone young, zoomers don't write cursive anymore

[Rhiannon12866]

18. Despicable.

[Behind the Aegis]

21. This is beyond foul!

I'd really have to restrain myself not to punch someone in the throat!

[diane in sf]

23. Some old fox watching sh*thead wrote this filth.

[gratuitous]

25. No grief so bad that some asshole won't compound it

And, like theologians debating the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin, the police are trying to figure out if this is a hate crime.