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There are no hate-crime laws in Indiana.
Video:
https://www.wral.com/man-says-he-was-kicked-out-of-gas-station-for-being-asian/19037768/
The Magistrate
(95,255 posts)We will see reports of people shot over a cough in public.
Johnny2X2X
(19,114 posts)An old woman in a hospital was thrown to the ground for being too close to someone in the hall, she hit her head and died.
The Magistrate
(95,255 posts)A horrid act.
malaise
(269,157 posts)and they threw him out and beat him up. Thankfully he lived to report it.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,431 posts)dalton99a
(81,570 posts)csziggy
(34,137 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,431 posts)BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)MineralMan
(146,329 posts)Emphasis on "jerk."
Trump's "Chinese virus" crap is partly responsible for such behavior, but that's not the entire reason. Sheer stupidity is the primary reason people react like that. They see everyone who looks asian as Chinese. Then, they connect that with Trump-like statements about the virus and their fear and anger take over their dim little brains and they act out.
Stupid people do stupid things.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)"resisted... on the grounds there were not many Chinese people in his area. "
https://themercury.com/news/rodriguez-blames-the-chinese-draws-rebuke-from-reddi/article_4ea74d2e-778b-57ad-b4b9-90b68a3c9a21.html
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016250977
"resisted measures to combat coronavirus on the grounds there were not many Chinese people in his area. "
His name is Rodriguez. He is a republican.
Sounds like an ethnic name his own party would denigrate.
After all, he shows how accepting the GOP is about 'others'.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)PLYMOUTH, Ind. - The threat of the coronavirus continues to spark threats worldwide, but one man in Michiana said it led to him being discriminated against.
Kao Lor is an Asian man who was traveling through Plymouth to buy a car Wednesday night.
He needed a place to stay and tried two hotels in town. First he went in to the Super 8.
Lor recorded the interaction.