Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer also says the Senate ‘must take action’ on gun control legislation after 2 mass shootings this month, including one in Georgia that left 6 Asian American women and 2 others dead.
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Maine Voices: I am home – but I still don’t feel safe here
Amid increasing anti-Asian racism, a half-Chinese Portland resident wonders where she can go to fit in.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Take all anti-Asian violence seriously
Attacks like the one this week in Portland should not be seen as isolated incidents.
Posted inNation & World, News
Killings at Georgia massage parlors horrify Asian American community
Georgia state Rep. Bee Nguyen says the fatal shootings of 8 people, at a time of attacks on Asian Americans nationwide, appear to be at the ‘intersection of gender-based violence, misogyny and xenophobia.’
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Threatening, homophobic letters mailed to residents in Portland and South Portland
Four people on Tuesday reported receiving threatening, homophobic letters that were addressed by hand to their homes, police said.
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Another View: Hate crime surge makes Biden pushback plan vital
He should counter punch-pulling and lies with clarity and truth.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Biddeford man sentenced to 10 years for racially motivated hate crimes
A federal judge calls a pair of attacks by 2 men in 2018 ‘among the most serious I have seen.’
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Vocal bystanders can help those targeted by hateful words, actions
A swastika painted in front of a Bangor synagogue is just the latest attempt to try to frighten and degrade a minority community.
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Biddeford man found guilty of hate crimes in 2 racially motivated attacks
Maurice Diggins faces as much as 10 years in prison for each of 3 hate crimes, in the first federal prosecution in Maine since the government adopted a new hate crime law in 2009.
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Citing then-Gov. LePage’s racist remark, hate crimes defendant said he expected acquittal
Closing arguments are expected Tuesday in the trial of Maurice Diggins, who is charged in racially motivated attacks on two black men in Biddeford.