“Fear, and Discord, Among Asian Americans Over Attacks in San Francisco - A string of attacks against older people of Asian descent has led to calls for more police officers, an idea rejected by the city’s Asian American leaders.”https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/18/us/asian-attacks-san-francisco.html …
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"Connie Chan and Gordon Mar, the two members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors who are of Chinese descent, have been under pressure from Chinese activists to increase police staffing, a move the elected officials have largely resisted."
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"Chinese activists — many of whom also denounce
@chesaboudin, the city’s district attorney, for not being tough enough on crime and back a recall effort against him — have shown up at meetings to challenge officials, including Ms. Chan and Mr. Mar."1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread -
"I haven’t heard of anyone in the Chinese community who doesn’t want more police,” said Leanna Louie, a former Army intelligence officer who is Chinese American and who last year founded a neighborhood watch group called the United Peace Collaborative.
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“We are very dissatisfied with Asian representatives. We are going to work furiously to replace them.”
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Ugh. No more police.
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