FBI under pressure to tackle anti-Asian hate crime in wake of Atlanta shootings

Asian American leaders dismayed that discrimination and harassment continues to be downplayed by federal and local police

Federal and local law enforcement agencies are under pressure to increase efforts to combat the rising tide of hate crimes against Asian Americans in the wake of the Atlanta, Georgia spa shootings that left eight people dead, six of them women of Asian descent.

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