[영상] Black riots at Korean convenience stores in the US… “Go back to China”

Hate crime against Asians in broad daylight

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While hate crimes against Asians continued, a black young man was arrested by the police after a riot at a Korean convenience store.

According to Sung Yeol-moon, chairman of the Korean Association of Carolina, on the 3rd (local time), at 3pm on the 30th of last month, a black young man entered a convenience store in Charlotte, North Carolina, run by the president, with a metal stick seen as a pole of a road sign, and began to riot did.

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The young man, who had knocked a shelf of cookies on the floor, swung a metal stick and crushed various items such as refrigerators, freezers, and tables. The scene of the riot as well as the appearance of surprised customers rushing out of the store were also recorded on the convenience store closed circuit (CC) TV. He swear words to Mr. and Mrs. Seong, saying, “XX Chinese, go back to your country.”

He pulled out an energy drink from the refrigerator he broke and was arrested at the scene by the police who were dispatched. It is reported that the convenience store is located in the transit center, where police and security personnel reside nearby.

The rioter was Harvier Rash Woody-Silas (24), and Charlotte Mecklenberg police arrested Woody-Silas for robbery, intimidation, and obstruction of official affairs with dangerous weapons, and are considering applying the hate crime provisions. . Chairman Seong emphasized, “It is not a robbery, but a hate crime.” Chairman Sung said that there were times when Woody-Sillas’ friends came to the store after receiving US government disaster assistance and said, “Thank you, Chinese people.” It is said that during the riot, his friend filmed the scene outside and sexually harassed the wife of Chairman Sung, who was clearing up the messy shop afterwards.

/New York = Correspondent Kim Young-pil [email protected]

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