Update: The NYPDannounced Thursday morningit had apprehended a suspect in the attack thanks to tips from the public after the video went viral. The identity of the suspect was not made public.
Olivia Munnis calling out the rise of violence against Asian Americans after her friend’s mother was recently attacked in New York this week.
Munn, 40, said that her friend’s mother was hospitalized and required “10 stitches in her head.”
“These racist hate crimes against our elders have got to stop. We’re gonna find this guy. Queens, Internet, please… do your s—t. 🙏🏼,” the actress wrote alongside photos of the suspect.
The actress asked that anyone with future information contact the NYPD 109th Precinct, NYPD or “@chengslate,” the victim’s mother. She also added the hashtags, “Stop Asian Hate,” “Stop AAPI Hate” and “Protect Our Elders.”
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Munn continued to call attention to the crime and the increase of violence against Asians on her Instagram Stories, reposting several news headlines of recent attacks.
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In the clip, the victim is seen outside of a store when a man violently pushes her down to the sidewalk.
“Witness says assailant threw box of spoons at her, yelling slurs before he shoved her. She blacked out, needed stitches on her forehead,” Kim reported.
Munn’s call to action comes one week after she shared animpassioned Instagram postasking for “help” in the fight against Asian American hate crimes.
“Over the past few days I’ve found myself at a loss for words at the rise of anti-Asian hate crimes,” began Munn. “The racist, verbal and physical assaults have left my community fearful to step outside.”
She continued, “Thesehate crimes have spiked since Covidand continue to increase even though we ask for help, even though we ask our fellow Americans to be outraged for us, even though we ask for more mainstream media coverage.”
“In just the past week a91-year-old Asian American man was attacked from behindas he walked down the street in Oakland, an 84-year-old Thai American was murdered in San Francisco, a 64-year-old Vietnamese American woman was assaulted in San Jose and a Filipino American man was slashed in the face in Manhattan,” added theSixactress.
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“To simply exist as a minority in the country is seen as a protest to some. We need help amplifying the outage. Weneed help to feel safe in our country. We need help to be safe in our country,” she continued, signing off her message, “With Love, Olivia Munn / Proud Asian American.”
Similarly, actorDaniel Wu— who, along withDaniel Dae Kim, offered a$25,000 reward for information leading to a suspectresponsible for a series of Jan. 31 assaults (anarrest has since been madein connection with these specific attacks) — recently spoke at a press conference about the rise in attacks against Asians in the U.S. over the past year.
“Racist rhetoric from the pandemic have targeted us as being the reason for coronavirus,” said Wu, 46, according toABC News. “And so, Asians across the board have been targeted, being pushed, attacked, spat on. Outside of San Francisco, in Los Angeles andin New York, these incidents are happeningall over the country.”
About 31 percent of Asian Americans said they have been subjected to discrimination since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to aPew Research Center reportreleased last July.
source: people.com
