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March 2022

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    ‘She could have been your mother’: anti-Asian racism a year after Atlanta spa shootings

    The spa shootings in Georgia killed six Asian women but as a community tries to heal, hate incidents are on the rise

July 2021

  • Eight Dead After Shootings At Three Atlanta-Area Spas<br>ACWORTH, GA - MARCH 17: Shelby Swan adjusts flowers and signs outside Youngs Asian Massage where four people were shot and killed on March 17, 2021 in Acworth, Georgia. Suspect Robert Aaron Long, 21, was arrested after a series of shootings Tuesday night at three Atlanta-area spas left eight people dead, including six Asian women. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

    Atlanta spa shootings: suspect pleads guilty to four counts of murder

    Robert Aaron Long agrees plea deal but still faces further charges after eight people, six women of Asian descent, died in shootings in March

May 2021

  • Jesus Estrella holds a sign of solidarity outside Youngs Asian Massage where four people were shot and killed on 17 March in Acworth, Georgia.

    Man accused of killing eight people in Atlanta spa shootings indicted on murder charges

    Hate crime charges and the death penalty are being sought against Robert Aaron Long, accused of killing six women of Asian descent

April 2021

  • Massage workers’ lives are routinely upended by law enforcement’s scrutiny of their workplaces.

    Are police the biggest threat to massage parlor workers’ safety?

    Experts say the fear of arrest for massage workers – many of whom are undocumented – is greater than the fear of robbery or assault from clients
  • A woman advocates for stricter gun reform laws at a rally at the Georgia state capitol in the wake of the shootings at three spas in Atlanta.

    Gun reform laws eluded Biden in 2013. Could this showdown with the NRA be different?

    The Sandy Hook shooting failed to convince Congress to enact more regulations. In the wake of recent shootings, calls for reform have begun
  • A memorial for D’Myah Tylise Rankin-Fleming and her father Darrion Rankin-Fleming, who were shot and killed in St Louis in January. The number of all murders rose 25% across the country in 2020, according to preliminary data.

    Guns and lies
    US saw estimated 4,000 extra murders in 2020 amid surge in daily gun violence

    Lull in high-profile mass shootings during pandemic but data shows everyday violence has contributed to a likely record rise
  • Vigil at a makeshift memorial outside the Gold Spa in Atlanta<br>A placard taped to the ground is pictured next to flowers during a vigil at a makeshift memorial outside the Gold Spa following the deadly shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. March 21, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

    Yong Ae Yue: cooking and karaoke lover who had only recently returned to work

    A native of Seoul, South Korea, she moved to America in the 1980s and raised two sons but was killed in the Atlanta spa shootings
  • A person stands in front of a makeshift memorial outside Youngs Asian Massage in Acworth, Georgia, on 19 March.

    Atlanta shooting victim's husband says police held him in handcuffs for hours

  • An activist holds a sign on a tree during a “DC Rally for Collective Safety - Protect Asian/AAPI Communities” at McPherson Square March 21, 2021 in Washington, DC.

    There’s only so much pain the Asian community can swallow before we realise we’re drowning

    Yang Tian
  • March In Solidarity With Asian Community Held In Aftermath Atlanta Killings<br>ATLANTA, GA - MARCH 20: Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) speaks to a group of demonstrators gathered in Atlanta to show support for Asian and Pacific Islander communities on March 20, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. Demonstrations have taken place across the United States after a series of shootings at three spas, on Tuesday, in the Atlanta area left eight people dead, six of whom were Asian women. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)

    'We all know hate when we see it': Warnock rejects FBI chief's view of Atlanta shootings

  • Jami Webb and her fiance Kevin Chen light candles outside Young’s Asian Massage. Webb is the daughter of Xiaojie Tan, the owner of the spa who was killed in the Atlanta shootings.

    'A new chapter in an old story': what the Atlanta shootings reveal about the US

  • Flowers, candles and signs lie at a makeshift memorial outside Young’s Asian Massage in Acworth, Georgia.

    Atlanta spa shootings: Georgia hate crimes law could see first big test

  • Surveillance video has emerged showing shooting suspect Robert Aaron Long leaving Young's massage parlour in Acworth, Georgia, which was attacked on Wednesday

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    Surveillance footage shows Atlanta shooting suspect leaving massage parlour – video

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    The Week in Patriarchy
    Spare me the excuses for the latest Angry White Guy's killing spree

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  • The US president and vice-president offered solace to Asian Americans as they visited Atlanta just days after a white gunman killed eight people, most of them Asian American women

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    Joe Biden and Kamala Harris condemn attacks on Asian Americans – video

  • 'It's time for people to hear us': Georgia's Asian Americans vow to stand up against hate

  • Datablog
    Atlanta shootings: why US hate crime data is so lacking

  • Authorities name all eight victims in Atlanta spa shootings

  • 'Our silence is complicity': Biden and Harris condemn anti-Asian violence during Atlanta visit

  • Ashley Zhang takes a moment before laying flowers at a makeshift memorial outside Youngs Asian Massage in Acworth, Georgia.

    Biden addresses Atlanta attacks: ‘words have consequences’ whatever the motivation - as it happened

    Vice-president Kamala Harris condemned the shootings and hinted at the impact of Donald Trump’s racist language – follow the latest
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