NYPD Asian Task Force Was Formed
When an 89-year-old grandmother in Bensonhurst was lit on fire in July, politicians in the area barely said anything about it until China Mac and Brooklynite marched in Bensonhurst.
China Mac and the Asian community were upset that this wasn’t handled like a hate crime. When someone lights a woman on fire – it needs to handled! It took politicians, Mark Treyger, Andrew Gounardes and William Colton until last week to have a presser about it. If your grandmother is lit on fire, I hope politicians don’t wait weeks to get out the podium. (See here)
China Mac went to meet the woman too. Here she is:
China Mac continued to draw attention to the problem. Today, the NYPD created an Asian Task Force:
#NYPD announces new #Asian Hate Crime task force. #NYPD says from March to August, 21 Asians experienced hate crimes. Cops say they faced attacks because of #coronavirus and people blaming Asians. @NY1 pic.twitter.com/WkEQhJ0a0H
— Dean Meminger (@DeanMeminger) August 18, 2020
Hugs,
marlene
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