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New York State launches hotline to report Coronavirus hate crimes

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New York State launches hotline to report Coronavirus hate crimes
New York State launches hotline to report Coronavirus hate crimes
New York State launches hotline to report Coronavirus hate crimes

NEW AT 11 -- THERE ISA GROWING CALL TOPROTECT PEOPLEFROM POSSIBLE HATECRIMES THAT MIGHTBE INSPIRED BYWHERE THIS VIRORIGINATED.GILAT MELAMED TELLSUS ABOUT THE NEWRESOURCE THE STATEIS OFFERING.HERE LOCALLY THEBUFFALO POLICEDEPARTMENT TELLSME IT HAS NOTRECEIVED ANYREPORTS ONCORONAVIRUSRELATED HATECRIMES.BUT ACROSS THECOUNTRY WE'VEHEARD STORIES OFASIAN-AMERICANSBEING HARASSED INRELATION TO THECORONAVIRUS.THAT'S WHY NEWYORK'S ATTORNEYGENERAL'S OFFICE ISLAUNCHING A NEWHOTLINE.THE HOTLINE ISMEANT TO COMBATCORONAVIRUS HATECRIMES ANDXENOPHOBICRHETORIC.ATTORNEY GENERALLETITIA JAMES SAYSTHERE HAVE BEENNUMEROUS REPORTSOF ASIAN AMERICANSBEING HARASSED ANDPHYSICALLYASSAULTED IN NEWYORK THIS PASTWEEK.WRITING QUOTE "THISPANDEMIC DOES NOTGIVE ANYONE ANEXCUSE TO BERACIST."THE AG'S OFFICE SAYSIT'S WORKING WITHLOCAL LAWENFORCEMENT.THEY ARE THE ONESABLE TO PUNISH HATECRIMES.PRESIDENT TRUMPREFERRED TO THECORONAVIRUS AS THE"CHINESE VIRUS" ONTWITTER LAST WEEK.HE PUT FORWARDTHIS MESSAGE OFUNITY TODAY."IT'S VERY IMPORTANTTHAT WE TOTALLYPROTECT OUR ASIANAMERICAN COMMUNITYIN THE UNTIED STATESAND ALL AROUND THEWORLD, THEY'REAMAZING PEOPLE ANDTHE SPREADING OFTHE VIRUS IS NOTTHEIR FAULT IN ANYWAY, SHAPE, ORFORM."THIS IS THE PHONENUMBER AND EMAILADDRESS TO REPORTHATE CRIMES TO THEAG'S OFFICE.THEY CAN ALSO BEFOUND UNDER THISSTORY ONWKBW.COM.IT'S NOT JUSTTHREATS TOWARDSASIANS THAT HASOFFICIALSCONCERNEDACCORDING TO ABCNEWS.

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