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Biden speaks ‘condemning violence against Asians’ in Atlanta after shooting▶ Click here to enlarge the view
US President Joe Biden is reported to have expressed his stance to fight for justice, saying he sympathized with the suffering of Asian Americans, including Koreans, in connection with the Atlanta shootings.
According to Georgia Congressman Sam Park, President Biden visited Atlanta on 19 (local time) and conveyed this meaning in a meeting with Asian leaders.
Rep. Park, the second generation of Korean immigrants, was present at the time. He shared President Biden’s thoughts after attending a shooting protest held in a park in front of the Atlanta State Capitol on the 20th.
Robert Aaron Long, a 21-year-old white male, was shot in three massage and spa shops in Atlanta, Georgia, on the 16th, killing eight people. Six out of eight were Asian women, including four Korean-Americans.
Representative Park expressed the atmosphere in which President Biden showed tremendous empathy and understanding for the Korean-American and Asian-American communities that are suffering and suffering.
Sam Park, United States Representative to the Georgia State House of RepresentativesAfter introducing that President Biden also suffered the loss of loved ones, Congressman Park said, “President Biden’s sympathy was sincere.”
President Biden has a painful family history in which he lost his wife and daughter in a car accident a month after the first elected senator in 1972, and sent his oldest son to brain cancer in 2015.
Representative Park said, “It was reassuring that the supreme power of the United States, the leader of the free world, cares about our community and listens to our concerns, and that we will continue to do everything within our authority to ensure justice and the protection of our community. ” I evaluated it.
Representative Park also delivered a statement to President Biden that the “ Emergency Countermeasures Committee for Asian Crimes Against Asians in Atlanta, ” made up of more than 20 Korean groups, condemned the case as an obvious racial crime and called for an early and fair investigation.
Emergency Response Committee Chairman Kim Baek-gyu expressed his gratitude for President Biden’s visit to Atlanta, saying, “The President must work hard to ensure this never happens in the future, and our parties must work hard. “.
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