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2025-09-15 04:00:00+00:00 CA Woman violently beaten inside Los Angeles restaurant by man with crowbar Stunned patrons and staff at a Rosemead restaurant looked on as a woman was violently attacked by a man wielding what appeared to be a crowbar or a metal rod Monday night. The incident unfolded just before 10:30 p.m. inside Sweet Treat Dessert House in the 8500 block of Valley Boulevard, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to KTLA. An Asian woman running into a restaurant where at least six people were seated in booths as a masked man wearing a backwards baseball cap came through the door immediately after her. Moments after the woman fell to the floor, the male repeatedly struck her legs, seemingly swinging at full force and hitting her three times before immediately fleeing the restaurant. Deputies with LASD’s Temple Station searched the area for the suspect, described as an Asian male, approximately 30 years old dressed in all black clothing, but were unable to locate him. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/woman-violently-beaten-inside-los-033006799.html
2025-09-05 04:00:00+00:00 CA Racist graffiti near S.F.’s Japantown calls for death of Asian people The racist graffiti recently found near San Francisco’s Japantown, which used a hateful slur and called for the death of people of Chinese descent. This incident is a painful reminder that our communities still face the weight of anti-Asian sentiment in our daily lives, and that rising xenophobia fueled in part by anti-Chinese rhetoric threatens our collective safety in public spaces. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/racist-graffiti-japantown-21033619.php
2025-08-19 04:00:00+00:00 CA Lyft driver attacked, insulted by woman passenger he picked up in Newport Beach WESTMINSTER, Calif. - A rideshare driver says he was harassed, insulted and kicked in the head by two women he picked up in Newport Beach, an encounter captured on his dashcam. The Lyft driver, identified as Tinh, said he picked up two women late on Aug. 19 after they left a sushi restaurant. He said they smelled strongly of alcohol and slurred their words, so he offered to pull over in case they became sick. Instead, the situation escalated inside his car. In the video, one woman can be seen putting her feet on the center console. "Can you move your feet now please?" Tinh says, stressing how dangerous the obstruction is. The video shows the confrontation intensify with slurs, insults and profanity directed at Tinh. "What’s wrong with you? Are you retarded? Why are you from here? Who... let you in here? F--- b----," the woman says. Moments later, he said, the passenger kicked him in the head while he was driving on the freeway to Garden Grove. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/lyft-driver-attacked-insulted-woman-060551552.html
2025-08-11 04:00:00+00:00 TX 4-year-old girl, her grandfather, Target worker killed in 'unprovoked' shooting in Austin A 4-year-old girl, her grandfather and a Target employee have been identified as the victims killed in a shooting outside of a Target store in Austin, Texas, according to police. The suspect, 32-year-old Ethan Nieneker, allegedly first shot Hector Leopoldo Martinez Machuca, a Target employee, as he was collecting carts in the parking lot on Monday afternoon, Austin Police Sgt. Nathan Sexton said at a news conference on Tuesday. Nieneker then allegedly approached a family's car, fatally shot the little girl and her grandfather, Adam Chow, and minorly wounded Adam Chow's wife and stole their car, Sexton said. https://abcnews.go.com/US/shooting-reported-target-austin-suspect-large-police/story?id=124557400
2025-08-10 04:00:00+00:00 CANADA Indian Couple Harassed in Racist Attack by Youths in Canada, Car Damaged During Confrontation In Canada, an Indian couple was harassed by a group of youths who blocked their car, hurled racist remarks, and made obscene gestures. One attacker stepped out to damage their vehicle. The victims, traumatised by the incident, have called for justice amid rising racist attacks targeting the Indian diaspora abroad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MF-98yZ3rA
2025-08-04 04:00:00+00:00 CA Police arrest suspect in L.A. golf club attack that brutally injured a Sikh man, 70 A homeless man was arrested in connection with the violent assault of a 70-year-old man in North Hollywood. Richard Vitagliano is accused of attacking Harpal Singh on Aug. 4 with a golf club. Singh was on his daily walk near Sikh Gurdwara of LA when he was beaten with the club. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/police-arrest-suspect-l-golf-club-attack-brutally-injured-sikh-man-70-rcna224843
2025-07-31 04:00:00+00:00 TX Texas Store Attack Backfires as Armed Asian Employees Fight Back Texas Store Attack Backfires as Armed Asian Employees Fight Back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYnd4jHGY_g