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COVID-19: Attack On Asian Woman Could Be Coronavirus-Related Hate Crime, Cuomo Says COVID-19: Attack On Asian Woman Could Be Coronavirus-Related Hate Crime, Cuomo Says
Covid-19: Attack On Asian Woman Could Be Coronavirus-Related Hate Crime, Cuomo Says Police are investigating a case of what might be one of the first hate crimes associated with COVID-19 after a woman of Asian descent was physically assaulted for not wearing a mask. The attack reportedly took place around 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 10, while the woman was walking in Manhattan and was attacked by another woman who was yelling at her for not wearing a mask because she was Asian. "I am disgusted to hear that a woman of Asian descent was physically assaulted in Manhattan on Tuesday - an attack apparently motivated by the bigoted notion that an Asian person is more likely to car…

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by Kathy Reakes