Recently, there have been a number of assault cases involving Asians in the United States. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Flushing, New York held a public forum on hate crimes with the NYPD Hate Crimes Unit and the 109th Precinct on the 19th, calling on Chinese people to report any crimes they encounter.
Peter Du, chief advisor of the Flushing Chinese Chamber of Commerce, said that the local community has better interaction between people of all ethnicities than other places, and with the close cooperation with the 109th Precinct, there are fewer hate crime cases.
Pictured is Peter Du, chief counselor of the Flushing Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
Deputy Inspector John O’Connell of the 109th Precinct said Flushing must work closely with the community if it is to be safe. In addition, he said that the case information disseminated on social communication software or platforms is often far from the actual situation, so he encouraged the public to seek confirmation from the 109th Precinct Community Liaison Officer if needed, in order to get real information and advice to protect themselves and their families.
Pictured is NYPD 109th Precinct Chief O’Connor.
He added that rumors often exploit people’s fears and then spread out to cause even more fear, making the situation worse and upsetting the public.
On the 14th, Maria Ha, a 25-year-old Korean woman in New York, was yelled at by a white woman for “going back to communist China! (Go back to communist China), police said the case was a harassment, not a hate crime, and that although it did not constitute a crime, people could still report it to authorities.
Verbal attacks on someone based on race, religion, color, etc., without any action, is hate speech, but not a hate crime,” said Deputy Inspector Jessica Corey of the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force. “
Pictured is Deputy Inspector Corey of the NYPD Hate Crimes Unit.
Curry explained to reporters that if there are people simply because they do not like a certain country, and the people think that someone is from a certain country, they say that they ask someone to go back to their country, this is not a hate crime, only identified as hate speech, not in the scope of their investigation; but if it is stated that someone does not return to the country to kill, or the words are interspersed with physical pushing, physical contact, spitting and other acts, it is considered a crime.
Curry added that police do not consider people’s immigration status, so as long as they are victims or witnesses of crime, they encourage people to call 911 immediately to prevent further victims.
NYPD’s 109th Precinct Chinese Community Liaison Officer Ling-Chin Huang said, “If you’re speaking, you’re under the constitutional protection of freedom of speech. Words alone, you can report it to the New York Department of Human Rights, which is civil.”
The forum was attended by a large number of guests.
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