Maricia Bell, 25, is charged with hate crimes after allegedly attacking three women aged 75, 63 and 34 along with a 23-year-old man. Bell has been charged with a number of hate crimes together with assault, harassment and robbery, according to police. Activists and police officials say many additional incidents were not classified as hate crimes or went unreported. In December 2020 an Asian Hate Crime Task Force was formed within the NYPD, to encourage victims to report the attacks. Their number of reported crimes has also gone up from five to eight which is about 60%.

Source: Daily Mail July 23, 2021 22:14 UTC