New York Subway
According to US media reports, the first anniversary of the Biden administration, the security of the US metropolises has deteriorated, and the murder rate in the United States has reached the highest level in 25 years. Under the high crime rate, the Asian community bears the brunt of it, and the recent case of Chinese women being pushed off the subway platform and dying in New York has made the local Chinese and Asian communities feel panicked and vulnerable, and many New Yorkers have been forced into the "PUBG" mode, and even want to resign to avoid the risk of being killed on the subway.
According to the US "World Journal", in recent years, the US urban law and order has deteriorated, and the Asian community has borne the brunt. Attacks on Asians in New York City are frequent, with attacks on Asians in New York City soaring 361 percent in 2021 compared to 2020, including a number of cases in which victims were unjustifiably pushed into subway tracks. In addition, many Asian people are still suffering verbal insults, and on the 17th in Illinois, there was a discrimination incident in which a Chinese woman was denounced by a white woman as "get back to your country", and similar incidents were not uncommon.
Murder of a Chinese woman
A typical case occurred at 9 a.m. on the 15th when a fatal attack occurred at the Times Square-42nd Street subway station in New York. A tramp man pushed a Chinese woman, Michelle Alyssa Go, off a subway track, killing her as she was struck by a passing train. The attack sparked panic in the Asian-American community, leaving Asian-American groups across the Country feeling vulnerable and isolated, fearing to be the next victim, while being extremely concerned about rising crime rates in big U.S. cities.
According to Fox News Network reported on the 19th, the murder crime rate in the United States has reached the highest level in 25 years. According to the FBI, there were 6.9 murders per 100,000 people in the United States in 2021, just below the 7.4 in 1996, which is very close to the high crime rate in the early 90s.
U.S. murder crime rate in 2021
Chicago police reported 2021, the city's highest number of homicide victims in 25 years, with 797 homicides recorded; Minneapolis police reported 96 murders; Los Angeles reported 397 murders, the highest number in 15 years; and the NYPD reported the highest number of murders in 10 years, at 488.
The NYPD said that compared to the same period in 2021. Traffic crime rose 65.5 percent in the first two weeks of 2022. The New York Post bluntly said that under such a high crime rate, New Yorkers were forced into "PUBG" mode, and the incident of Chinese women being pushed off the subway tracks to death sounded a painful alarm bell.
"I can't help but wonder, what if the next person to be pushed down is me and the kids?" At the Times Square subway station, 28-year-old passenger Stephanie clutched the stroller and said, "I have to be vigilant at all times, you don't know who's behind you, I'm scared to take the subway now."
Matilda, a home health assistant in the Bronx, said that when the Chinese woman was pushed down, she was terrified whenever she approached the yellow line of the subway station. She felt that new York was not safe anywhere, and even considered quitting her job to stay at home to avoid the risk of being killed on the subway. (Overseas Network Yang Jia)
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