Collected Item: “Attack on elderly Asian man with dementia ‘racially motivated,’ Vancouver police say”
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Attack on elderly Asian man with dementia ‘racially motivated,’ Vancouver police say
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news article
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"The 92-year-old victim had wandered into a convenience store near Nanaimo Street and East 1st Avenue on the afternoon of March 13, when the male suspect began yelling racist insults at the victim, including comments about COVID-19, police said Tuesday.
"Outside the store, the suspect shoved the man, which caused him to fall to the ground and hit his head, police said."
"Outside the store, the suspect shoved the man, which caused him to fall to the ground and hit his head, police said."
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racism, anti-asian racism, hate
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https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/04/22/attack-on-elderly-asian-man-with-dementia-racially-motivated-vancouver-police-say.html
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Joanna Chiu, The Toronto Star
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2020-04-22