Hundreds in Atlanta rally against hate after spa shootings

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Hundreds of people gathered in a park across from the Georgia state Capitol in Atlanta to demand justice for the victims of shootings at massage businesses this week.

that allows additional penalties to be imposed for certain offenses when motivated by a victim’s race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender or disability. A hate crime is not a stand-alone crime under the law, but it can be used to add time to a sentence once someone is convicted of another crime.,” said Nguyen, who has been a frequent advocate for women and communities of color. She noted that the shooter targeted businesses operated by women of Asian descent.

Frankie Laguna, 23, who grew up in Atlanta but now lives in Tennessee, was an organizer of that group and told the crowd she was the first person in her family born in the U.S. after her mother came here from Taiwan. Bernard Dong, a 24-year-old student from China at Georgia Tech, said he attended Saturday’s protest to demand rights not just for Asians but for all people of color. “Many times, Asian people are too silent, but times change,” he said.

 

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I think it was sex workers that just so happened to be Asian. Dude had some twisted stuff going on.

- We need to figure out who is setting all these people up to commit shootings.

He targeted happy ending workers for tempting him, race meant nothing at all 2 of the victims were white.

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