Police arrested Robert Aaron Long – who admitted to the shootings – and he has been charged with the killings. This represented a 223 per cent increase.Įight people, including six women of Asian descent, were killed at three spas in Georgia on 16 March, sending shockwaves through the Asian-American community. In the first quarter of 2020, there were 13 such incidents. New York City saw the largest increase in anti-Asian hate crimes after reporting 42 incidents in the first quarter of 2021. Researchers identified 95 anti-Asian hate crimes reported to authorities across 16 of the nation’s most populated areas in the first quarter of 2021, compared with 36 reported incidents during the same period of 2020. Reported hate crimes against Asian people in the US’ largest cities and counties are up 164 per cent compared to the same period in 2020, according to a study by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State University San Bernardino.
