Then, one of the passengers sprayed her arm with pepper spray before the car took off, Lee said. Lee confirmed to CNN that the incident happened in October. “I was so mad, but there was nothing I could do or control because they skirted off,” Lee told PopSugar. A coalition that tracks racism and discrimination against Asian Americans said there were at least 4,533 incidents reported in the first six months of this year. More than 9,000 incidents were reported to the coalition, Stop AAPI Hate, from March 19, 2020 to June 30, 2021.

Source: CNN November 12, 2021 08:55 UTC