Man charged with murder in attack on Asian immigrant in NYC

The New York Police Department (NYPD) recorded 524 hate crime incidents in the city last year — nearly double the 2020 count, according to a department report. That number is the highest it&#…

By Taylor Romine, Priya Krishnakumar and Christina Maxouris | CNN

Powell was arrested shortly after the attack. He told authorities he had been attacked “by two Korean or Japanese men the day before he attacked Mr. Ma,” but said he did not report the incident and did not provide any further description of his alleged assailants, the district attorney said. The most common hate crime bias motivation was anti-Jewish sentiment, according to NYPD data, but hate crimes motivated by anti-Asian bias saw the largest increase between 2020 and 2021.

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