NYPD creates Asian Hate Crime Task Force after spike in anti-Asian attacks

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(CNN)The New York Police Department announced the creation of an Asian Hate Crime Task Force after an increase in racist attacks against Asian Americans during the Covid-19 pandemic, Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison told reporters Tuesday.

Since March 21, there have been 21 reported anti-Asian hate crimes that have resulted in 17 arrests, according to Harrison, which he said is higher than normal.

“This task force has been built and will continue to build trust and understanding between the NYPD and with Asian New Yorkers,” said Harrison.

The task force will be permanent, Harrison said, and other culture-based task forces may be considered in the future.

When asked about why there wasn’t a dedicated task force for anti-Semitic crimes, Harrison said that this task force was put together because of Asian Americans’ lack of reporting and cooperation with the police. Victims of anti-Semitic crimes work with the police in most cases, he said.

“Since January, before COVID-19 became a national crisis, Asian Americans in New York City have been targeted in unprovoked racist attacks. They have been berated while riding the subway and harassed walking down the street,” said Thomas Yu, co-executive director of Asian Americans for Equality, in a statement CNN. “We applaud the city’s decision to create an Asian Hate Crimes Task Force, a move that is long overdue… At the same time, far more needs to be done. There is a critical need for resources at every level of government to fight hate crimes wherever they occur.”
 
Why is a group that is being defunded or having its budgets cut starting new task forces due to a surge in the need for its services?

As a defense contractor, our customers know if the budget is cut, that is a bad time to assign new or additional tasking since resources, time, and manpower are limited. Kind of like cutting the defense budget after beginning Operation Just Cause.
 
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As a defense contractor, our customers know if the budget is cut, that is a bad time to assign new or additional tasking since resources, time, and manpower are limited. Kind of like cutting the defense budget after beginning Operation Just Cause.
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Defense contracts are as bloated as municipal departmental budgets. Municipalities and government contractors will always ask for more money, with little concern of the monetary concerns of their customers (all of which are taxpayers).
 
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Defense contracts are as bloated as municipal departmental budgets. Municipalities and government contractors will always ask for more money, with little concern of the monetary concerns of their customers (all of which are taxpayers).
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Amen to that.
 
Maybe the anti-Asian hate crime inquiry should be extended into Harvard, Yale, and other Ivy League universities admission committees.

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