The news that broke last week about the mass shooting in Georgia was shocking and horrific to say the least. If you haven’t yet tuned into the ongoing story, here’s what you need to know: Last week, a shooter opened fire at three Atlanta-area spas, leaving eight victims dead. Seven of them were women, six of them of Asian descent. While the motive of the suspect is still in question, one thing is clear: This attack comes amid an unnerving rise in crimes against Asians in America.
In the crippling aftermath of it all, more disturbing stories are coming to light: Survivors were detained by police for hours and treated like suspects rather than grieving victims. One man, who was scrambling to find his wife in the aftershock, was handcuffed and investigated and didn’t find out until the very end of his police interviews that his wife was in fact shot and had died.
Imagine the complete shock and horror one must feel after having just survived a shooting massacre and not knowing where your family is, and then on top of that, being questioned as a suspect of the crime rather than a victim.
The three most important things to know if you ever find yourself in a situation like this include:
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