Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, attending the “Fight Racism” cloud conference hosted by the Chinatown Alliance for Better Unity, said he comes from a Haitian immigrant Family and his family and friends have all experienced discrimination, and is concerned about the serious problem of discrimination against Asians due to the New Guinea virus Epidemic. “The “hate crime” will be committed if a person is physically attacked and injured or if he or she intends to threaten his or her Life. However, if a person is physically attacked and injured or if the other party intends to threaten his or her life, a hate crime will be committed.
The Alliance’s Executive Director Benjamin Chen, Honorary Chairman Zeng-Hua Chen, Chairman Chang-Yi Wu, as well as Illinois State Assemblywoman Jing-Yi Ma, District 25 Governor Hancey Lu, Chinese Advisory Service President Guo-Hua Liu, United Chinese Association President Zheng Zheng, Asian American health Association Director Hong Liu, China Expo Executive Director Zhen-Bin Liu, and U.S.-China Restaurant Association President Xiao-Jun Hu all participated in the meeting.
In terms of preventing hate crimes in Illinois, Luo Wu said that according to his observation, there is indeed an increasing trend of discrimination around the state, which occurs in various locations such as communities, transportation, airports, etc. He encouraged Asian people, including Chinese people, to unite and cooperate by enthusiastically reporting and utilizing the various hate crime services of the Attorney General’s Office, and the official website provides a Chinese form to fill out to report at: www. illinoisattorneygeneral.gov, 或电邮到[email protected], or by phone at (877) 581-3692.
He said that the Attorney General’s Office is also actively promoting the strengthening of social media monitoring of the use of hate words, supporting all communities attacked by hate crimes to jointly call on social media such as Facebook to monitor any use or posting of hate crime articles and words, and he often discusses with police, prosecutors, etc. to determine the “hate crime terms” of He also often discusses with police and prosecutors to determine the regulation, punishment and explanation of “hate crime terms” in order to rebuild trust between the police and the public.
In response to a question from Wu Changyi, director of the Pui Tak Center, about whether verbal attacks are hate crimes, Luo Wu said that verbal attacks such as “go back to your country” are not included as “hate” acts, but if a person is physically hurt by a beating or pushing and evidence is presented, a “hate crime” is established. “For more details, please visit the Department of Justice website: www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/learn-about-hate-crimes.
The Office of Victim Assistance can be reached at (800) 228-3368 or by going to the website to apply for financial assistance.
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