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Asian woman attacked in apparent hate crime while walking to protest against anti-Asian attacks
March 22, 2021
An Asian woman who was walking to a protest against anti-Asian violence this Sunday was repeatedly punched in the face by a stranger, Gothamist reports.
The unidentified man reportedly approached the woman and asked for her protest sign. He then took the sign and stomped on it. When the woman asked why he did that, the man punched her in the face twice and then fled to a nearby subway station.
<p>According to witness Rita Chan, the attack happened in full view of the woman's young daughter. </p><p>"You could see she was just numb. At one point, a woman approached her and gave her a cookie," Chan told Gothamist. "As soon she saw her mom being put on the gurney, that's when she started crying. It was heartbreaking."</p><p>The NYPD released video of the suspect, showing him wearing a red Chicago Bulls sweatshirt and carrying a camouflage backpack. </p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="aa999328cba9823242e820762bc9e499" id="93d7d"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1373924984129785856"><div style="margin:1em 0">WANTED for HATE CRIME ASSAULT : On Sunday March 21, 2021 @ 11:37 A.M. in the vicinity of 51 Astor Pl. @nypd9pct du… https://t.co/iBQdRKNgyo</div> — NYPD Crime Stoppers (@NYPD Crime Stoppers)<a href="https://twitter.com/NYPDTips/statuses/1373924984129785856">1616404217.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p>As Gothamist points out, New York saw a <a href="https://www.csusb.edu/sites/default/files/FACT%20SHEET-%20Anti-Asian%20Hate%202020%203.2.21.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">large uptick in reported hate crimes</a> against Asians last year. </p>
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GOP senator pulls off 'rare feat' of getting a presidential pardon -- for his cousin: report
March 22, 2021
Of the six people who received pardons from Donald Trump and had ties to South Carolina, only one was related to one of the state's two GOP senators.
"In the waning days of Donald Trump's presidency, U.S. Sen. Tim Scott secured a pardon for a pastor he applauded for becoming a model citizen after being convicted in a cocaine bust in the 1990s. Less widely known: the man is Scott's cousin," The Post and Courier reported Monday.
<p>"Securing a presidential pardons is a rare feat. Some 143 pardons were issued by the Trump administration. Yet through leveraging his close relationship with Trump, Scott secured one of at least six forgiveness actions issued to people with South Carolina ties before Trump left the White House on Jan. 20," the newspaper explained.</p><p>The pardoned man's name is Otis Gordon.</p><p>"While the White House internally knew about their biological connection, Scott's office said, the Republican senator did not publicly acknowledge or announce Gordon was his blood kin or that he had been a longtime paid staffer with Scott's political campaigns," the newspaper reported. "On March 22, Scott's spokesman said the senator would not be available for comment and declined to answer questions from The Post and Courier."</p><p>Read the <a href="https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/securing-a-presidential-pardon-is-rare-but-scs-sen-tim-scott-landed-one-for-his/article_3a171b50-88be-11eb-8cbd-dfccc9226b1d.html" target="_blank">full report</a>.</p><p><br/></p>
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'Kent State gun girl' roasted after she says carrot chopping makes her 'feel empowered as a woman'
March 22, 2021
A conservative gun activist was mocked on Monday after she said that being a "good housewife" makes her "feel empowered as a woman."
Kaitlin Bennett, who is known as the "Kent State gun girl" for open carrying an AR-15 while attending school, shared the anti-feminist screed on Instagram.
<p>"You know what makes me feel the most empowered as a woman?" she wrote. "It's not getting an abortion or rapping about wet a** 🐱. It's being a good housewife and cooking for my husband. 🍳 Don't fall for the lies of feminism."</p><p>She then offered several photos as proof of her "culinary skills."</p><p>One photo of Bennett chopping a carrot with a paring knife received attention on Twitter, with many people recalling that she had once <a href="https://www.salon.com/2018/03/25/how-a-diaper-protest-led-to-the-implosion-of-a-conservative-student-group/">worn a diaper to a protest</a>.</p><p>"Definitely her first time using a knife," one commenter wrote.</p><p>"Wrong knife, wrong cutting board, and scraps in the food pile," a person observed. "Sad."</p><p>"They can't even be honest about their shitty beliefs, its pretty clear shes no clue what she's doing," another commenter said.</p><p>Read Bennett's post and some of the responses below.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMueRbwri_y/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:16px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMueRbwri_y/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> <div style=" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display:block; height:50px; margin:0 auto 12px; width:50px;"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style=" color:#3897f0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;"> View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"><div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"></div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div> <div style=" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style=" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"></div> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"></div> <div style=" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"></div></div></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"></div> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"></div></div></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMueRbwri_y/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Kaitlin Bennett (@kait.meow)</a><br/></div></blockquote> <script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Definitely her first time using a knife <a href="https://t.co/4kJT6CNI7V">pic.twitter.com/4kJT6CNI7V</a><br/>— Mister Social (@lceCreamSocial) <a href="https://twitter.com/lceCreamSocial/status/1373985515658219521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Also who uses TWO cutting boards?! <br/><br/>Unnecessary use of dishes. 0/10 would not recommend.<br/>— Joseph David (@ForHenryWallace) <a href="https://twitter.com/ForHenryWallace/status/1374025778015395844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Not to mention her next cut being wildly inconsistent with the former cuts. Smh<br/>— Jubb (@MyNameIsJubb) <a href="https://twitter.com/MyNameIsJubb/status/1374019728218415112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">pros: faster, more exciting<br/><br/>cons: your food has bullet shells in it<br/>— aismallard (@aismallard) <a href="https://twitter.com/aismallard/status/1374024682752606208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">that's cuz it's all aesthetics and affectation to these people<br/>— the duality of mads (@semperposts) <a href="https://twitter.com/semperposts/status/1373988171214508037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">I'm going to have an extra abortion and name it Kaitlin<br/>— Pinkerbell: Participation Trophy Wife 🏴🚩 (@PinkerbellPixie) <a href="https://twitter.com/PinkerbellPixie/status/1374015521809694721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">I chop my vegetables (with the appropriate knife, and in a consistent manner appropriate to the meal I'm preparing) while actively getting an abortion and loudly singing along to WAP so... Idk man, seems like we really can have it all.<br/>— Commie Action Heroine ☭ (@leftiefitpro) <a href="https://twitter.com/leftiefitpro/status/1374046798881247234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">no one who uses a paring knife for chopping deserves granite countertops<br/>— Hope (@hopedemer) <a href="https://twitter.com/hopedemer/status/1374046533994303491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">She shit herself. I don't blame him<br/>— brandon john smith (@brandonjohnsmi4) <a href="https://twitter.com/brandonjohnsmi4/status/1374040195755077632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">That's not a knife. <a href="https://t.co/CY7ELH4YNE">pic.twitter.com/CY7ELH4YNE</a><br/>— William Owen (@Bill_Owen) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bill_Owen/status/1374047938893201415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">"I love my 3 inch cubes of carrot!"<br/>— c*ss (@Aussie_Boss) <a href="https://twitter.com/Aussie_Boss/status/1374024252668706817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Love to look the other way while I'm chopping vegetables<br/>— Alpacula (@Alpacula1) <a href="https://twitter.com/Alpacula1/status/1374024622119735297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Ah yes, as an empowered woman, there is NOTHING I like more than getting an abortion. Getting them over here, over there. You can't STOP me getting them.<br/>— ❄️Molly Kessler❄️ (@molly_kessler) <a href="https://twitter.com/molly_kessler/status/1374034094640799755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">i guess you can't chop a carrot with an AR-15<br/>— ✨ priya ✨ (@priyasing_h) <a href="https://twitter.com/priyasing_h/status/1374046316255457281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Her food is an E. coli risk for several reasons<br/>— Grace Kelley (@GraceFacesPlace) <a href="https://twitter.com/GraceFacesPlace/status/1374040443764215809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">As a former prep cook, this is what you see right before someone takes off a finger.<br/>— Andrew in a Panaderia (@andrewgutin) <a href="https://twitter.com/andrewgutin/status/1374048598241857540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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