Incident Tracker
INCIDENT TRACKER AGAINST AAPI COMMUNITY JAN – JUN 2021
Date of Incident
Incident Clasification 1
Incident Clasification 2
Area
of Incident
PPD
District
Case Summary
Verified Hate/Bias Related
7/28/2020
Assault*
Central
6
An Asian woman who was with her daughter had water thrown at her and was punched in the head while being called a Chinese bitch.
7/13/2020
Other
Central
6
A person in a vehicle purposely coughed at a Chinese American woman who was standing on a corner on her way to work.
5/29/2020
Ethnic Intimidation
Southwest
12
A passenger in a pickup truck yells, "It's all your fault we got this" to a Chinese American woman while cycling.
5/27/2020
Slurs
Ethnic Intimidation
Northeast
7
Chinese take-out restaurant owner received a receipt from a beverage company order that read, "received by Virus."
4/20/2020
Slurs
South
17
A Mongolian person walked out of a grocery store when two African American males stepped away from her as she passed by and said "F****** Asian."
4/16/2020
Other
Unknown
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A Chinese couple felt very uncomfortable after getting yelled at by a store employee.
Date of Incident
Incident Clasification 1
Incident Clasification 2
Area
of Incident
PPD
District
Incident Tracker
Verified Hate/Bias Related
6/21/2021
Hate Speech**
Central
9
Asian family told to go back to wherever they came from.
6/21/2021
Harassment
Northwest
35
Woman posts signs at an Asian business that state that "Asian people pull guns on black people" and advising people to visit Black-owned businesses.
6/4/2021
Assault*
Northeast
15
Asian teen jumped by two other teens
5/24/2021
Assault*
East
25
Asian male dies after being punched in the head while intervening in a road rage incident
5/21/2021
Ethnic Intimidation
Central
6
Asian business received a racist and vulgar note blaming them for COVID
INCIDENT TRACKER AGAINST AAPI COMMUNITY JAN – JUL 2020
5/18/2021
Assault*
Central
6
Elderly Asian woman shoved to the ground by a homeless man
5/15/2021
Robbery
Central
6
Asian storeowner attempts to confront someone trying to steal from their store where they are called "COVID BITCH" and told to "GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY."
5/8/2021
Ethnic Intimidation
Central
6
An unknown driver yells "You gave us the Coronavirus, Chinese Shit" at an Asian male walking with his young son.
Assault*
5/7/2021
Ethnic Intimidation
Central
6
Woman yells, "all you chinks get back on the plane and go home" during a confrontation with employees at an Asian market.
5/6/2021
Ethnic Intimidation
Northeast
7
Asian owned business receives multiple phone calls from an unknown
Harassment
4/22/2021
Vandalism
Central
6
Planters in Chinatown defaced
4/7/2021
Hate Speech**
Central
6
Tik-Tok video where user makes racist statements while in Chinatown
4/6/2021
Assault*
Central
6
Asian elder assaulted by man who yelled antiAsian remarks like, "you gave me the coronavirus!"
4/4/2021
Assault*
Central
6
Asian woman slapped by homeless man walking by.
4/2/2021
Assault*
Central
6
Juvenile male stating "fucking China" while attempting to punch Asian male after a verbal exchange where the complainant also made a racial statement
3/24/2021
Robbery
South
3
Asian store worker attacked when she attempted to stop a person from stealing from her store
Other
3/22/2021
Harrasment
Central
6
Asian woman verbally harassed by stranger while walking with non-Asian friends.
3/22/2021
Harrasment
Central
6
Two Asian teens assaulted and harassed along the subway system by a group of juveniles
Assault*
3/19/2021
Graffiti
Central
6
Planters in Chinatown were defaced with statements like, "Fuck Xi"
3/12/2021
Robbery
West
16
Asian male robbed by two males; one of whom made a "Coronavirus" reference.
3/12/2021
Robbery
West
16
Asian male robbed by two males; one of whom made a "Coronavirus" reference.
4/14/2020
Harassment
Unknown
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A Chinese family is disturbed by an incident where someone kept ringing their doorbell at 10pm.
4/12/2020
Harassment
Central
6
A Chinese family is disturbed by an incident where someone kept ringing their doorbell at 10pm.
4/7/2020
Slurs
Unknown
___
An Asian person and their mother were approached by a couple asking for money (which the COMPs did not have). As the couple walked away, they were heard yelling "yucky" and "get your Chinese virus out of here."
4/6/2020
Harassment
Central
6
An Asian complainant was harassed by three female African American teens who blocked her path and made anti-Asian statements in her face. The complainant was also harassed by six male and female teens who shouted "corona" at her.
4/6/2020
Other
Unknown
___
An unidentified Asian person was told to go across the street by a person walking towards them.
4/3/2020
Discrimination
Unknown
___
A SEPTA bus passed an unidentified Asian person wearing a face mask who was waiting for the bus at the bus stop.
4/2/2020
Harassment
Unknown
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An unidentified Asian person was pushed into a seat on a subway train and was obstructed from leaving the train car at their stop.
3/30/2020
Harassment
Central
9
A middle-aged white male told an Asian woman to go back to where she belongs as she was running.
3/26/2020
Ethnic Intimidation
Northeast
15
An African American male followed an unidentified Asian person of limited English proficiency off a bus and yelled profane words and "Chinese."
3/26/2020
Slurs
Central
22
An unknown person on the street yelled, "Fuckin' corona.." at a Vietnamese couple as they drove by him.
3/20/2020
Slurs
Central
22
A man kept opening the door to an Asian-owned corner store yelling at customers to leave because the "Chinese people inside have the 'Chinese virus.'"
3/19/2020
Harassment
Central
22
A customer criticized a Vietnamese store owner who had just washed and dried her hands before preparing food then asked her why she wasn't wearing a face mask since the coronavirus "came from her country." After she told him not to say such things, he responded, "Korean b****! Go back to where the f*** you came from, g**k!"
3/10/2020
Assault*
Central
6
COVID-19 - Chinese male was physically harassed by two African American teen males where they made derogatory comments about Asians and the Coronavirus.
3/6/2020
Ethnic Intimidation
Central
22
A Vietnamese teacher heard a student repeatedly make racist remarks saying they did not belong in the US.
3/5/2020
Ethnic Intimidation
Central
9
An African American person yelled "GO BACK TO YOUR F****** COUNTRY!" at a Chinese person while waiting at a subway station.
3/3/2020
Assault*
South
3
A Chinese student was attacked by a group of African American male teenagers at the Oregon BSL Station
Unknown
Assault*
Unknown
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An Instagram post showing a young Asian couple getting attacked by a group of African American teens on a subway platform went viral. [n.b. it is not definitive that the attack occurred in Philadelphia]
2/11/2020
Assault*
Citywide
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Alleged reports of harassment among Chinese community members where one elderly person in the Northeast was shoved and another in Chinatown was verbally harassed.
1/29/2020
Slurs
Central
6
Two days after being verbally attacked for her ethnicity, a man shouted "China!" at an Asian woman as she was biking to work.
1/27/2020
Slurs
Central
6
While cycling, an elderly woman yelled, "You Chinese!" at an Asian woman cycling.
