Residents express frustration over shootings and local law enforcement’s response

Woojin Kang, a young man of Korean descent, stood on the sidewalk in front of Gold Spa in north-east Atlanta on Thursday afternoon, wearing a black Adidas windbreaker, black shorts and black Nike sneakers, holding a neon yellow sign that read “Asian women’s bodies have been slayed” above the hashtag “#StopAsianHate”.

The heavy rains of an eastbound southern storm front had subsided, and the skies had some clouds but otherwise were bright blue on Piedmont Avenue.

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