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Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans Increase During Pandemic

Kim said the violent, racist attack happened the night of Feb. 16 on Kenmore Avenue, between Wilshire Boulevard and 6th Street.

February 24, 2021

KOREATOWN (CBSLA) — Denny Kim said was walking down a Koreatown street when two men attacked him.

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Denny Kim said he was walking down Kenmore Avenue, between Wilshire Boulevard and 6th Street, Feb. 16 when two men attacked him. “They told me to go back to China,” Kim said. (Denny Kim photo)

“They were hurling racial insults they were calling me ‘Ching Chong,’ ‘C***k,’ ‘Chinese virus,'” Kim said. “They told me to go back to China.”

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