美國反亞仇恨犯罪增加，紐約市增加最多Anti-Asian hate crimes have escalated!

A 65-year-old Filipino immigrant was attacked in Times Square in New York in broad daylight. The man kicked her several times, yelling, “You don’t belong here.”

Reports of anti-Asian hate crimes have escalated not only in recent weeks, but also during the pandemic. There are people falsely blaming Asian-Americans for spreading the coronavirus.

The U.S. Department of Justice said the department would make hate crime prosecutions a priority. They would also provide additional help to local law enforcement agencies to investigate bias crimes. New York City saw the sharpest increase last year in reported anti-Asian hate crimes of any major city.

友善讓你懂｜解說：

近期，在紐約市熱鬧的時代廣場，一名65歲的菲律賓裔民眾在光天化日之下遭到襲擊。攻擊者踢了她好幾次，還大喊「你不屬於這裡」。

這段時間，反亞裔的仇恨犯罪在美國大量增加，不僅是最近，其實整個疫情期間都在增加，因為許多人指責亞裔美國人是傳播新冠病毒的元兇。

美國司法部表示，司法部會把仇恨犯罪起訴列為優先事項，還會對當地執法機構提供更多幫助，以調查偏見犯罪。

而去年，紐約市的反亞裔仇恨犯罪報告數量，是所有美國主要城市中增幅最大的。

輕鬆帶著走｜學習：

Escalate 是升級、升高的意思；當及物動詞時，也有使嚴重、使惡化的意思，如例句：

He escalated the issue by informing the managing director. 他把這事上報了常務董事，使問題嚴重起來。

作為不及物動詞時，如例句：

This incident has escalated into a major crisis. 這起事件已升高為一場大型危機。

另外，我們常搭乘的「手扶梯」，英文就叫做escalator

本篇其他相關單字：

• prosecution 起訴
• priority 優先事項
• investigate調查