An alarming level" of racially motivated violence and other hate incidents increased against Asian Americans An elderly Thai immigrant dies after being shoved to the ground. A Filipino-American is slashed in the face with a box cutter. A Chinese woman is slapped and then set on fire. An 84-year-old Thai immigrant in San Francisco, California, died in February after being violently shoved to the ground during his morning walk In Oakland, California, a 91-year-old senior was shoved to the pavement from behind An 89-year-old Chinese woman was slapped and set on fire by two people in Brooklyn, New York Two Asian American women were stabbed at a San Francisco bus stop; eyewitness reports say the assailant "casually walked away in broad daylight" An Asian man walking with his 1-year-old child in a stroller in San Francisco was punched in the head and back multiple times A stranger on the New York subway slashed a 61-year-old Filipino American passenger's face with a box cutter An Asian American woman in New York City was struck in the head with a hammer by an unidentified assailant who demanded that she remove her mask Asian American restaurant employees in New York City told the New York Times they now always go home early for fear of violence and harassment An Asian American butcher shop owner in Sacramento, California found a dead cat - likely intended for her - left in the store's parking lot; police are investigating it as a hate crime An Asian American family celebrating a birthday at a restaurant in Carmel, California, was berated with racist slurs by a Trump-supporting tech executive Several Asian Americans home owners say they've been abused with racial slurs and had rocks thrown at their houses The only Asian American lawmaker in the Kansas legislature says he was physically threatened in a bar by a patron who accused him of carrying the coronavirus New York police arrested a man who assaulted a woman during a protest against anti-Asian racism A grieving family received a hateful letter on the day of their father's funeral, telling them to "pack your bags and go back to your country where you belong" A school board candidate of Vietnamese descent in Portland, Oregon, found a note with the words "Kung Flu" on her doorstep A medical worker of Filipino descent in Los Gatos, California was shoved to the ground from behind by an assailant who told her to "go back to [expletive] China" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56218684
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