The K-pop group BTS will meet with President Joe Biden on Tuesday to discuss “anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination which have become more prominent issues in recent years.” From the White House:
K-pop group @BTS_twt will join @POTUS next Tuesday "to discuss Asian inclusion and representation, and to address anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination which have become more prominent issues in recent years," announces the @WhiteHouse. #BTS #AANHPI pic.twitter.com/Ykm6qtch4U
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) May 26, 2022
What great timing! Maybe they can discuss this undated video that’s going viral tonight showing an Asian man getting beaten inside a subway station in New York City while onlookers just watched:
A group of men attack a man in a New York subway. The victim looks to be Asian. Asking for the public’s help in identifying the attackers and having them arrested. One man is holding the defenseless man as others punch him. New York subways are not safe. Video sent by follower. pic.twitter.com/pEsKFCrznY
— Asian Crime Report (@activeasian) May 29, 2022
The NYPD Transit division is aware of the video, but. . .
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Can you please DM me so we can gather more details about this incident?
— NYPD Transit (@NYPDTransit) May 29, 2022
. . .but we don’t know anything about it at this time:
Sorry I have no other details. A follower sent us the video with no other information except that it’s in New York
— Asian Crime Report (@activeasian) May 29, 2022
The account that first posted the video added this disclaimer, tweeting “[w]e have zero details about this attack” and a “Instagram follower sent us the video with no other context”:
We have zero details about this attack. A Instagram follower sent us the video with no other context.
— Asian Crime Report (@activeasian) May 29, 2022
New York City, you have a problem:
What in the world is happening in NYC #StopAsianHate https://t.co/wYmVWAfaG5
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) May 29, 2022
And from our colleague Matt Vespa at Townhall, “Also this yet another piece of evidence showing why #StopAsianHate died a quick death in the media. It didn’t fit the narrative”:
Those ‘white supremacists’ look really weird, huh?
Also this yet another piece of evidence showing why #StopAsianHate died a quick death in the media. It didn’t fit the narrative https://t.co/S2mowI1qQ8
— Matt Vespa (@mVespa1) May 29, 2022
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