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Keisha Lance Bottoms Mayor of Atlanta [AP=연합뉴스]▶ Click here to enlarge the view
In the shooting in Atlanta, Georgia, where six Asian women, including four Koreans, were killed, the mayor of Atlanta said he thought it was a hate crime.
According to the CNN broadcast on the 19th (local time), Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said in an interview the night before: “It sounded like a hate crime to me” and “It was hard to see it as anything other than a crime of hate”. . I think. ”
“This was targeting Asian spas,” Mayor Bottoms said. “Given that the six murdered women were Asian, it is difficult to see it as something else (not as a hate crime).”
He also emphasized that “there are many areas of hate that are covered within the definition of hate crime.”
Mayor Bottoms said he spent the past few days contacting members of the Asian community to get all the information they need to make sure the community is protected. “We will continue the conversation.”
Earlier, Mayor Bottoms said in an interview with police and city authorities on the 17th that he thought it would be appropriate for the criminal to be prosecuted for hate crimes.
On the 16th, the shooter fired a series of shots at a Cherokee County massage parlor near Atlanta and two spas in downtown Atlanta, killing eight people, including four Koreans, and one seriously injured.
However, in an interview shortly after the incident, the police released the statement of the offender who claimed to have fallen into a sex addiction, and adopted an attitude of distancing himself from hate crimes caused by racist motives.
As public opinion was reduced to this, he said that the day before was open to all possibilities and did not exclude the prosecution of hate crimes.
A bouquet of condolences in front of the massage shop … “There should be no more innocent deaths” (CG)▶ Click here to enlarge the view
The AFP news agency said the mayor of Bottoms said “Long’s claim should be accepted at a high rate” in connection with Long’s accusation of sexual addiction. In general, the affirmation of weakness in the mind and body according to the state of addiction can be the basis for reducing the sentence.
Long is on trial for eight murders and one aggravated assault.
Long waived his first court appearance the day before, on the advice of his attorney. Unlike the grand jury, which is closed to the public, the “first aid” procedure is revealed in which the judge meets the judge for the first time after arrest and the suspect waives privacy protection or the strategy of litigation.
Georgia enacted a hate crime criminal law last year. Consequently, crimes against victims based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, or mental or physical disability are punished more severely.
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