01/22/2023
A recent mass murder by an âAsian maleâ in Monterey Park, CA â a Chinese immigrant community â was reported, and the race of the victims â Asian â was also reported, with no mention of the race of the gunman, causing all Twitter, including some real journalists, etc., to assume it was a âWhite Racist Mass Murderâ caused by (a) Trump and (b) American gun rights, limited as these are in California.
An Asian woman named Lacy Banis, who works for Entertainment Weekly, and who has now protected her tweets, tweeted this, which was immediately proved wrong.
Andy Ngo commented on how irresponsible this was, quoting two professional minority politicians. (Hakeem Jeffries, who wants to âcrush the rise of hatred and intolerance whenever and wherever it is foundâ represents Brooklyn, and is a co-sponsor of the âFederal Death Penalty Prohibition Act,â so he doesnât want to crush murder, just âintolerance.â)
It looks like Democrat politicians received talking points to weigh in inaccurately about the mass shooting in #MontereyPark. What is sick is that they speculated recklessly about a motive & identity of the suspect WHILE the gunman is still at-large. https://t.co/ZbaiQTOIbY
â Andy NgĂ´ đłď¸âđ (@MrAndyNgo) January 22, 2023
The Sheriff of Los Angeles County has issued a picture of a male Asian suspect:
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But not the name, for some reason.
â David Hines (@hradzka) January 22, 2023
One notable thing: This happened during a Chinese New Year celebration. Like Ashley Banis above, almost everyone in the MSM seems to have received a memo that this should be called âLunarâ New Year, which is meaningless to most people. This is same impulse that makes the MSM refer to Gypsies as âRoma,â Christmas as the âHoliday Seasonâ and all kinds of immigrant criminals as âMan Arrested.â
Andy Ngo reports that theyâve got the perpetrator:
Breaking: Chester Chong, chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce L.A., told ABC 7 the Monterey Park mass shooting was over a domestic dispute. L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna just confirmed for the first time that the at-large gunman is Asian. https://t.co/oNslGZwmg7
â Andy NgĂ´ đłď¸âđ (@MrAndyNgo) January 22, 2023
One more thing: USA Today did an article about Asian-Americans fearing âbacklash.â It kind of sounds like it was written while they were still hoping it was a âwhite supremacist,â but now that itâs a mass murder committed by an Asian, they have to change tack:
From @kulkarnimanju @usatoday: âThis tremendous act of violence, at a place where many Asian American families come to gather and celebrate, is sending shockwaves through our community and resurfacing all-too-familiar feelings of pain and fear.â https://t.co/h7cyNldsuq
â Stop AAPI Hate (@StopAAPIHate) January 22, 2023