March 21 2021 – MANHATTAN, New York:
Thousands of people gathered in a park in Chinatown, New York City, to protest against Asian Hate.
NYC Mayoral candidate, and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, attended the event with his wife.
Andrew Yang addressed the crowd stating “One of the First things I’m going to do is fully fund the Asian Hate Crime Force” the police, he added “It is not a thing you can have volunteers addressing.”
Crowd clapped in agreement and later some booed and chanted “Defund The Police”.
As the chants got louder, he added “I know that there are people that are very passionate about this, but the fact is when someone gets stabbed, you need the police to follow-up, that person should not be on the streets. “
He was met with more people shouting Defund The Police on his way out and one person asking him “Why did you leave NY Andrew?”
Also speaking at the event, US Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Charles Schumer, who said Donald Trump made racism okay, but he’s gone now and never coming back.
The event was held at Columbus Park in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan. March 21st 2021
Video by Oliya Scootercaster and @NewYorkCityPeople FNTV freedomnews.tv
