Tag: attack
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Olympic gold medalist Sunisa Lee says she was pepper sprayed in racist attack in Los Angeles
Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee said she was pepper sprayed in a racist attack last month in Los Angeles. In a recent interview with PopSugar, the gymnast said she was attacked while she and her … Read Full Article
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Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee says she was pepper sprayed in racist attack in LA
The St. Paul gymnast had been waiting for a ride after spending an evening with friends, all of whom were of Asian descent. A car pulled up, and passengers yelled slurs and “go back where you came … Read Full Article
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Olympic medalist Suni Lee says she was pepper-sprayed during racist attack
Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee said she was pepper-sprayed during a racist attack while in Los Angeles last month. Read Full Article
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US Olympic Gymnast Suni Lee Reveals She Was Hit with Pepper Spray in Recent Racist Attack
US Olympic gymnast Suni Lee revealed she was the victim of a recent racist attack, experienced while she was out in Los Angeles with a group of friends. Read Full Article
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US Gymnastics Gold Medalist Suni Lee Says She Was Pepper-Sprayed in Anti-Asian Attack
United States Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Sunisa Lee said she was the victim of an anti-Asian attack recently. In an interview with … Read Full Article
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Suni Lee recalls feeling helpless after being pepper sprayed in anti-Asian attack: ‘There was nothing I could do’
The gold medalist recalled the traumatic moment a group of assailants pepper sprayed her and screamed racist slurs before speeding off. Read Full Article
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Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee says she was pepper-sprayed in racist attack
US Olympic gymnast Suni Lee has revealed that she was the victim of a racist attack in Los Angeles, claiming she had been pepper-sprayed during a recent outing. In an interview with Pop Sugar, the … Read Full Article
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Suni Lee says she was pepper sprayed in racist attack: ‘I was so mad, but there was nothing I could do’
Gymnast and Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee has revealed in an interview that she and several In an interview with PopSugar published on Wednesday, the 18-year-old Lee described what happened to her … Read Full Article
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U.S. gold medalist Suni Lee says she was pepper spayed in racist attack weeks after Tokyo games
Gymnast Suni Lee collected three medals, including gold in the all-around event, as the first Hmong American to participate in the Olympics this summer in Tokyo. Weeks after her trailblazing … Read Full Article
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Hmong Cultural Center moves forward after vandals attack
Kang Vang, who teaches citizenship classes, describes a year of “whiplash” for the Hmong community, between the highs of Sunisa Lee’s Olympic medals and lows of anti-Asian hate crimes. Read Full Article
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California prison warden faces $5 million lawsuit from family of slain inmate
There was time leading up to the attack that it was known to Tou Thao that Negrete was going to kill him,” according to a new lawsuit filed in Sacramento federal court seeking more than $5 million in … Read Full Article
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Asian American Pacific Islander nonprofits in Minnesota see increased giving
Another St. Paul nonprofit, the Hmong American Partnership, has drawn a record $3,200 from individuals. The support follows the attack last month in Atlanta where a white gunman shot and killed six … Read Full Article
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Hmong: New Deadly Attack Launched by Laotian Military
The Congress of World Hmong People has reported a new armed attack against the ChaoFa Hmong launched by the Laotian military, in the La Na area (Xaysombun Special Zone, Laos) on 9 May 2020. A Hmong … Read Full Article
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Video Allegedly Shows Asian Man Attacking Random Black Man as ‘Revenge’ for Attack on Asian Woman
A previous version of this article indicated the man’s ethnicity was allegedly Hmong. The claim was made and documented by the Facebook user as we reported, but we’ve altered our headline to not … Read Full Article
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Trump’s ‘Chinese virus’ is a racist attack
Asians have been called “viruses,” denied lodging, and even physically assaulted. At two separate hotels in Indiana, USA, Americans of Hmong descent were kicked out because of their race. At Sheffield … Read Full Article
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Asian American Lawmakers Tell Congress to Fight Racism and Hate Over Coronavirus
Tags: American, Asian, Asian Americans, attack, California, Congress, coronavirus, fight, letter, racism, teen, virusThe letter cited incidents in which Asian Americans were assaulted over fears of the virus. These include the attack on a California teen who ended up in an emergency room, as well as the barring of … Read Full Article