Killing of Yao Pan Ma
Killing of Yao Pan Ma | |
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Location | East Harlem, New York City, U.S. |
Date | April 23, 2021 |
Attack type | Murder, beating |
Victim | Yao Pan Ma |
Accused | Jarrod Powell |
Verdict | Suspects awaiting trial |
Charges | Attempted murder, felony assault and hate crime charges |
The killing of Yao Pan Ma occurred on April 23, 2021, as a result of an attack by 49-year-old African American Jarrod Powell in East Harlem, New York, United States. The attack drew national attention as part of a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes in America.[1][2]
Background[]
Ma and his wife moved to the United States in October 2018 from China, where Ma had worked as a dim sum chef. Ma worked at a restaurant until it closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As he hadn't worked long enough to qualify for unemployment, Ma and his wife, who had also lost her job, collected bottles and cans to make money to afford food.[3]
Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, there has been an uptick in racist incidents against Asian Americans. A few months prior to the attack against Ma, 81-year-old Thai-American Vicha Ratanapakdee died after being attacked in San Francisco.[4]
Assault[]
On April 23, 2021, Yao Pan Ma was collecting cans along Third Avenue and East 125th Street in East Harlem. Attacker Jarrod Powell attacked Ma from behind and shoved him to the ground. After kicking Ma's head repeatedly, he fled the scene. A nearby surveillance camera showed the attacker stomping on Ma's head.[5]
Ma was moved in and out of multiple facilities during his times in hospital and eventually died of cerebral hemorrhage in a long-term care center run by The New Jewish Home on December 31, 2021.[6][7]
Suspect[]
Jarrod Powell, a 49-year-old African American from New York City was arrested. He was charged with attempted murder, felony assault and hate crime charges.[8][2] After Ma's death, his family called on the district attorney to upgrade the charges to murder.[9] Charges were later upgraded to second degree murder as a hate crime.[10]
See also[]
- Death of Michelle Go—Asian-American woman pushed in front an oncoming train in Manhattan in 2022
- Killing of Vicha Ratanapakdee—Thai-American man pushed to his death in San Francisco in 2021
References[]
- ^ "61-year-old Asian man head-stomped in brutal NYC attack dies 8 months later". NBC News. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
The attack occurred in a wave of racially motivated attacks against Asian Americans nationwide.
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On April 23, 2021, Jarrod Powell, a 50-year-old African American attacked Yao Pan Ma, a 61-year-old Chinese immigrant in New York, USA. The victim died of a cerebral hemorrhage on the 31st December 2021. Powell was charged with two hate crime assaults and one attempted murde.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Haigh, Susan. "Chinese immigrant attacked in NYC dies months later". Associated Press. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Wong, Vanessa. "Falling through the cracks of the Chinese American dream". Buzzfeed News. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
A year later, Vicha Ratanapakdee, an 84-year-old from Thailand, died after being pushed.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Chinese-American man dies after brutal attack in New York". South China Morning Post. 2022-01-09. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ "New York City: Chinese man brutally attacked in anti-Asian hate crime dies in hospital eight months later". Sky News. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ "Chinese Immigrant Attacked in NYC Dies Months Later". Time. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ Gold, Michael (2021-04-26). "Suspect Charged With Hate Crime After Brutal Attack on Asian Man in Harlem". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ "New York City: Chinese man brutally attacked in anti-Asian hate crime dies in hospital eight months later". Sky News. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
A family representative is now calling on the district attorney to upgrade the charges to murder.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Haigh, Susan. "Hate Crime Murder Charges in Brutal Death of Asian Man Head Stomped in NYC". NBC New York. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
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