State and local leaders in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Seattle have gathered to condemn anti-Asian hate and violence.
The move is one of many in response to a surge in attacks against Asians and Pacific Islanders across the United States.
In Washington, DC a group of Democrat politicians has introduced legislation that would create a position at the Department of Justice to expedite the review of COVID-19-related hate crimes.
In Seattle, a school teacher spoke of her own experience of being attacked, in the city's Chinatown district.
Noriko Nasu said a man attacked her in February and hit her in the face with what she said looked like a rock in a sock.
