hate crime

There’s a growing concern about a recent increase in anti-Asian hate crimes in Southern California, and one woman is helping victims find a voice, so they can report when they’ve been targeted.

A group of organizers has banded together to raise awareness and speak out against hate against Asians. Vikki Vargas reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2021.

Esther Lim decided she had to do something about the rising hate against Asian Americans by creating booklets: “How to Report a Hate Crime.” Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2021.

An approximately two-hour rally to raise awareness of rising violence against the Asian Pacific Islander community was held Friday at Los Angeles State Historic Park adjacent to Chinatown.

An approximately two-hour rally to raise awareness of rising violence against the Asian Pacific Islander community was held at Los Angeles State Historic. NBC4 News reports at 11 p.m. on Feb. 20, 2021.

Asian American lawmakers, along with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House Democrats, denounced on Friday a rise in hate incidents targeting members of the Asian community across the country and called for stronger action — both by Congress and the Biden administration.

Racist incidents and attacks on members of the Asian community in public have, in part, persuaded some families not to send their children back to in-person schooling, administrators say

After several attacks on members of the Asian-American community in the Bay Area, a rally was held in Oakland to promote multicultural healing Saturday.

The number of attacks may be even higher considering the number of unreported attacks. Connie Chung Joe of Asian Americans Advancing Justice -Los Angeles speaks with NBCLA Feb. 11, 2021.

Hate crimes against Asian Americans have been on the rise since the coronavirus came to the U.S. last year. With a recent surge in these racist incidents attracting renewed attention, Amanda Nguyen, CEO of the civil rights organization Rise, joined LX News to explain why “Asian Americans are dying to be heard.”

Cal State Fullerton police Thursday released a surveillance photo of a jogger who allegedly attacked a student following a racially charged conflict over the victim’s face covering.

“Orange is the New Black” star Laverne Cox shared a 10 minute Instagram video about being caught up in a transphobic attack in Los Angeles. NBCLX welcomed transgender activist Raquel Willis and Zahara Green of TRANScending Barriers to discuss the rise of hate crimes against the transgender community, plus the reaction to actor Elliot Page declaring themself transgender.

A man was arrested Thursday in connection with a hate crime in which several suspects assaulted employees of a restaurant in Beverly Hills and damaged the business. The crime occurred at the Cafe Istanbul, in the 300 block of South Beverly Drive, about 8 p.m. on Nov. 4, according to the Beverly Hills Police Department. William Stepanyan, 22, of Glendale,...

The county’s Commission on Human Relations Friday released its annual assessment of reported hate crimes and found that the number of such incidents are increasing. According to the county’s 2019 Hate Crime Report, although reports of hate crimes increased from 523 incidents in 2018 to 524 in 2019, they have been rising incrementally in the last several years. This is...

A 14-year-old boy who allegedly attacked a rabbi without provocation on a University City roadside was arrested Friday on suspicion of battery and committing a hate crime.

A Malibu woman accused of hurling racial slurs and attacking a female security guard in a West Hollywood supermarket parking lot is scheduled to make her first court appearance Thursday.

A woman was arrested Monday for attacking a security guard in a West Hollywood Pavilions parking lot that witnesses say was fueled by racism.

A woman was arrested Monday for attacking a security guard in a West Hollywood Pavilions parking lot that witnesses say was fueled by racism.

A white woman faces a felony hate crime charge after police said she initiated a racist confrontation with a group of Black men at a beach in suburban Chicago

LA County is launching a new website as part of an initiative to combat a rising number of hate crimes. Hetty Chang reports Aug. 27, 2020.