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Asian American lawmakers have warned the community is in crisis, after a year of thousands of discriminatory attacks in the United States and a mass killing on Tuesday in three Atlanta-area spas.

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The Georgia sheriff's captain who said Robert Aaron Long was having a really bad day" when he allegedly killed eight people has been removed as a spokesperson on the case, according to the WSB-TV news channel.

Nicole Carr, a journalist at WSB-TV, reported that Capt Jay Baker will no longer be spokesperson" on the shootings case. According to Carr, the Cherokee County Sheriff department is also evaluating what [Baker's] future at the Sheriff's Office looks like".

NEW:Confirmed w Cherokee Sheriff that Cpt.Baker will no longer be spokesperson on spa shootings case,they're evaluating what his future at the Sheriff's Office looks like and consulting the D.A.'s office to see if they should hand their portion of case to GBI See you at 6 @wsbtv https://t.co/cI1sQHcrRV