74% of Asians born in the U.S. said in a survey they have been treated as a foreigner, including being told to go back to their home country.
SEATTLE — It was a beautiful September evening in the Chinatown-International District. The Wing Luke Museum had just closed for the day and a private tour was about to begin when the sounds of shattered glass stunned the people inside.
Surveillance video captured a man walking into Canton Alley with a sledgehammer and started smashing the windows one by one.
For the first time, we’re hearing from the employees who were inside and described the confusion, followed by anger.
“It was very methodical,” said Monica Day, director of finance and human resources. “This person was angry but very calm while he was doing it and that was what was most striking to me.”
Hanif Muid, the museum’s head of security, ran out and confronted the attacker.
“We saw a gentleman in the alley hitting Apartment Six, which is one of the exhibits with a hammer,” Muid said. “At that point, we yelled at him, ‘Hey man, stop! What are you doing?’”
Muid said that’s when the man went on a racist tirade.
“He started spouting rhetoric about the Chinese ruining his life,” Muid said.
The four employees we spoke with all believe it was a deliberate attack and they were targeted because of their race.
Prosecutors agreed and have charged the suspect, Craig Milne, with a hate crime.
“It is nothing less than an act of terror,” said Joel Barraquiel Tan, executive director of Wing…
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