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| Kook Young-hoe of Atlanta Falcons. © Reuters = News 1 |
Korean-American kicker Koo Young-hoe, 27, of the Atlanta Falcons of the American Football National Football League (NFL) condemned hate crimes targeting Asians.
This is a reaction to the death of eight people, including four Korean women, in a shooting incident at one massage shop and two spa establishments in Atlanta, Georgia on the 16th (local time).
“I was deeply saddened by the incidents that took place in Atlanta yesterday,” Koo said on Instagram on the 17th. I think it’s done,” he said.
He confessed that he also had experiences of being ridiculed and ridiculed as an Asian-American, and that he responded by disregarding what he heard and focusing only on what he had to do.
“I don’t have all the answers, but I know better than ever that ignoring these issues doesn’t help,” he said. “I want to help raise awareness of hate crimes in everyone.” He put the hashtag’#stophate’ on this post.
Robert Aaron Long (21), the suspect in this shooting incident, entered the’Young’s Asian Massage’ and fired the first shot, and then fired at two other spa establishments, including’Gold Spa’. As a result, eight people, including six Asian people, died, and four of the dead were Korean women. Long currently claims that his crimes have no racial motives.