Dallas Shooting: FBI Opens Hate Crime Probe

MAY 17 2022·Updated DEC 30 2022

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The Facts

The FBI has opened a hate crime investigation into a man who was arrested by Dallas police on Mon. in connection with a shooting at a Korean-owned hair salon last week.
BBC News
Jeremy Smith reportedly entered the Hair World Salon and fired more than a dozen shots with a .22 caliber rifle, injuring three Korean women. He has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
FOX News
Smith was connected to the event after police linked him to a red 2004 Honda Odyssey seen in surveillance footage. A search warrant executed on the vehicle reportedly produced a handgun, a gun magazine, and ammunition.
CNN
According to his girlfriend, he has suffered delusions of Asians wanting to harm him after being involved in a car crash with an Asian American man two years ago.
The Washington Post
A red van was identified in two previous shootings outside of Asian establishments on Apr. 2 and May 10, and authorities are now investigating a possible connection to Smith. No one was injured in those attacks.
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The Spin

Left narrative

Unfortunately, anti-Asian sentiment has always been part of American society, and it will continue to be unless people speak up. Attacks against Asians are all too frequent, but non-Asians are quick to ignorantly disregard the role of race. America's white supremacist structure has historically fueled tensions in Asian communities, and it's time this changes.

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Right narrative

The driving force behind urban crime is not racism, but rather the malevolence of thugs like Jeremy Smith. The Asian community faces violence from an ethnically diverse group of criminals - most of them non-whites - who need to be held accountable. The state must be tough on crime to solve this problem.