Eight killed, including six Asian women, in Atlanta-area spa shootings (Chamblee: house, live)

[seussie]

As names roll out, their names are:

Julie Park (50s)
Heong Jeong Park (70s)
Delaina Ashley Yaun, 33,
Paul Andre Michels, 54,
Xiaojie Tan, 49,
Daoyou Feng, 44.

[lily76]

Originally Posted by lily76

What surprised me was the head of the policemen did the job of the lawyer for the suspect, claiming it might not be a racial/hate crime at this early stage, and he is black.

This reminds me of what happened this time last year when hundreds of Asian people stood up for BLM.

The suspect said he was to stop his 'sex addiction', so he chose an Asian spa shop which itself contains strong racial element.

Sorry I made a mistake. That policeman is white not black. I saw the words and then I saw a picture showing a black policeman was talking then I matched the words to the wrong person.

[seussie]

Many reporters are noting how US reporting and Korean reporting are differing in context, with US reporters not sharing that a witness already stated to police that this white supremacist yelled "kill all the Asians."
https://www.chosun.com/international...JWMQ4HGRZGOG4/. Seems Austin's KXAN is one of the first in our country to add this to print: https://www.kxan.com/news/atlanta-sh...nt-in-america/.

[Need4Camaro]

Originally Posted by seussie

Many reporters are noting how US reporting and Korean reporting are differing in context, with US reporters not sharing that a witness already stated to police that this white supremacist yelled "kill all the Asians."
https://www.chosun.com/international...JWMQ4HGRZGOG4/. Seems Austin's KXAN is one of the first in our country to add this to print: https://www.kxan.com/news/atlanta-sh...nt-in-america/.

Unfortunately it is a very sad time in America.

[Dd714]

This is a tragedy looking for an agenda unfortunately, thus missing the true root cause - mental illness for one, violence against sex workers for another, maybe we can add human trafficking to it. Otherwise, we solve nothing.

So far it looks like this nutcase was not targeting asians, but sex workers in some strange sex-obsession solution. The illicit message parlor industry is populated by asian female sex workers primarily, mostly immigrants. That's just a sad fact of life. Sex workers are always targets of violence and if one has an agenda, it should be the protection of sex workers. If he wanted to target Asians he could have simply opened up right on the streets Chamblee (Chambodia) in the Atlanta metro area and have no shortage of targets.

[As Above So Below...]

Condolences to all the victims. This is truly a terrible tragedy.

As for motive, lets let the dust settle. Everyone already has a motive in mind when stuff like this happens, but lets let things pan out.

[Boompa]

Why are so many of the victims Korean?

[Dd714]

Originally Posted by Boompa

Why are so many of the victims Korean?

I explained some of it in my above post. The massage parlor industry is one common to the Asia. It's partially a cultural thing as this form of prostitution is very common and somewhat socially accepted in Asia - the massage with "happy ending". Some practice their trade out of barbershops! But also you have the illicit human trafficking component, Korean organized crime, that deals with young poor female Koreans with promises of "move to American to become rich", they have cornered that illicit market. It's an unsavory underground world.

[English Ivy]

Originally Posted by Dd714

This is a tragedy looking for an agenda unfortunately, thus missing the true root cause - mental illness for one, violence against sex workers for another, maybe we can add human trafficking to it. Otherwise, we solve nothing.

So far it looks like this nutcase was not targeting asians, but sex workers in some strange sex-obsession solution. The illicit message parlor industry is populated by asian female sex workers primarily, mostly immigrants. That's just a sad fact of life. Sex workers are always targets of violence and if one has an agenda, it should be the protection of sex workers. If he wanted to target Asians he could have simply opened up right on the streets Chamblee (Chambodia) in the Atlanta metro area and have no shortage of targets.

Well said.

[ShenardL]

From what I read, he posted some very negative things about Chinese people and China on his Facebook just the day before he did the shootings.