Sunday Edition: Why Asian Americans Take Public Safety Personally

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🗓️ 3 April 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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In the second part of our special series on anti-Asian hate, we hear how the recent uptick in violent attacks on women have impacted their daily lives and moved some to adopt new personal protection strategies. We also look at why advocates say many of the potential solutions put forward by city officials across the country fall short. Guest: Harmeet Kaur, CNN culture writer To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Sunday edition of CNN Five Things, I'm David Rind. And today we're
0:06.6	wrapping up our special series on anti-Asian hate. I'm here with Harmeet Corps.
0:11.1	She reports on culture for CNN. Hi, Harmeet. Hi, Hi, Harmeet Core, she reports on culture for CNN.
0:13.3	Hi, Harmeet.
0:14.1	Hi, David.
0:15.1	So recently, you wrote a story on CNN.com
0:18.5	about one particular crime in New York City
0:21.3	that really shook the community there.
0:23.6	Can you tell me about it?
0:24.8	Yeah, that crime that you're talking about is the killing of Christina Una Lee.
0:32.2	Christina wasa Lee.
0:33.2	Christina was a 35 year old Korean American.
0:37.3	Christina Una Lee's apartment is right next to a subway station.
0:40.6	Last February, she had taken a car back to her place in Manhattan's Chinatown after a night out.
0:48.9	And as she's entering her apartment building, a man follows her in without her knowledge.
0:54.0	Police say that her alleged killer pushed into the door as she went in, followed her,
1:00.0	six floors up, staying one floor behind her.
1:05.0	And he follows her up all the way to the sixth floor,
1:08.7	and just as she is getting into her apartment and the door is about to
1:13.9	close behind her he forces himself in.
1:16.4	neighbors heard calls for help dialed 911 and then those calls went silent.
1:22.3	Police respond to a 911 call and you know they get outside her door but they can't get in
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