Article 5FHZF 'We need to cry out': Atlanta's Asian American community reacts to shootings

'We need to cry out': Atlanta's Asian American community reacts to shootings

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Mike Jordan in Atlanta
from US news | The Guardian on (#5FHZF)

Residents express frustration over shootings and local law enforcement's response

Woojin Kang, a young man of Korean descent, stood on the sidewalk in front of Gold Spa in northeast Atlanta on Thursday afternoon, wearing a black Adidas windbreaker, black shorts and black Nike sneakers, holding a neon yellow sign that read Asian women's bodies have been slayed" above the hashtag #StopAsianHate".

The heavy rains of an eastbound southern storm front had subsided, and the skies had some clouds but otherwise were bright blue on Piedmont Avenue.

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