PPAAAC
Incident Tracker
INCIDENT TRACKER AGAINST AAPI COMMUNITY JAN – JUL 2020
Date of Incident : 7/28/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Assault*
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Central
PPD District : 6
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An Asian woman who was with her daughter had water thrown at her and was punched in the head while being called a Chinese bitch.
Verified Hate/Bias : Confirmed
Date of Incident : 7/13/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Other
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Central
PPD District : 6
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A person in a vehicle purposely coughed at a Chinese American woman who was standing on a corner on her way to work.
Verified Hate/Bias : Confirmed
Date of Incident : 5/29/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Ethnic Intimidation
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Southwest
PPD District : 12
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A passenger in a pickup truck yells, "It's all your fault we got this" to a Chinese American woman while cycling.
Verified Hate/Bias : Confirmed
Date of Incident : 5/27/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Slurs
Incident Classification 2 : Ethnic Intimidation
Area of Incident : Northeast
PPD District : 7
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Chinese take-out restaurant owner received a receipt from a beverage company order that read, "received by Virus."
Verified Hate/Bias : Confirmed
Date of Incident : 4/20/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Slurs
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : South
PPD District : 17
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A Mongolian doctoral student walked out of a grocery store when two males stepped away from her as she passed by and said "F**ck(in) Asian."
Verified Hate/Bias : Confirmed
Date of Incident : 4/16/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Other
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Unknown
PPD District : Unknown
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A Chinese couple felt very uncomfortable after getting yelled at by a store employee.
Verified Hate/Bias : Unconfirmed
Date of Incident : 4/14/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Harassment
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Unknown
PPD District : Unknown
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A Chinese family is disturbed by an incident where someone kept ringing their doorbell at 10pm.
Verified Hate/Bias : No
Date of Incident : 4/12/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Harassment
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Central
PPD District : 6
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An Asian woman was followed by three teens yelling racial slurs at her where one tried to follow her into her apartment building.
Verified Hate/Bias : Confirmed
Date of Incident : 4/11/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Robbery
Incident Classification 2 : Assault*
Area of Incident : Northeast
PPD District : 2
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Chinese Male was punched in the head by two males while saying "[Expletive the virus! Go back to China!" Offenders stole Complainant's car after he dropped his keys while running from the offenders
Verified Hate/Bias : Confirmed
Date of Incident : 4/7/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Slurs
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Unknown
PPD District : Unknown
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An Asian person and their mother were approached by a couple asking for money (which the COMPs did not have). As the couple walked away, they were heard yelling "yucky" and "get your Chinese virus out of here."
Verified Hate/Bias : Unconfirmed
Date of Incident : 4/6/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Harassment
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Unknown
PPD District : Unknown
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COMP was harassed by three female teens who blocked her path and made anti-Asian statements in her face. COMP was also harassed by six male and female teens who shouted "corona" at her.
Verified Hate/Bias : Confirmed
Date of Incident : 4/6/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Other
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Unknown
PPD District : Unknown
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An unidentified Asian person was told to go across the street by a person walking towards them.
Verified Hate/Bias : Unconfirmed
Date of Incident : 4/3/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Discrimination
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Unknown
PPD District : Unknown
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A SEPTA bus passed an unidentified Asian person wearing a face mask who was waiting for the bus at the bus stop.
Verified Hate/Bias : Unconfirmed
Date of Incident : 4/2/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Harassment
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Unknown
PPD District : Unknown
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An unidentified Asian person was pushed into a seat on a subway train and was obstructed from leaving the train car at their stop.
Verified Hate/Bias : Unconfirmed
Date of Incident : 3/30/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Harassment
Incident Classification 2 : Other
Area of Incident : Central
PPD District : 9
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A middle-aged male told an Asian woman to go back to where she belongs as she was running.
Verified Hate/Bias : Confirmed
Date of Incident : 3/26/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Ethnic Intimidation
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Northeast
PPD District : 15
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A male followed an unidentified LEP Asian person off a bus and yelled profane words and "Chinese."
Verified Hate/Bias : Confirmed
Date of Incident : 3/26/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Slurs
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Central
PPD District : 22
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An unknown person on the street yelled, "Fuckin' corona.." at Vietnamese couple as they drove by him.
Verified Hate/Bias : Confirmed
Date of Incident : 3/26/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Harassment
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Unknown
PPD District : Unknown
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A man in his 20s yelled at a Chinese male on a bus calling him, "dirty Chinese" and "virus;" and deliberately coughing at the complainant's face. The man followed the complainant off the bus and continued verbally harassing him.
Verified Hate/Bias : Confirmed
Date of Incident : 3/20/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Ethnic Intimidation
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Central
PPD District : 22
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A man kept opening the door to an Asian-owned corner store yelling at customers to leave because the "Chinese people inside have the 'Chinese virus.'"
Verified Hate/Bias : Confirmed
Date of Incident : 3/19/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Harassment
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Central
PPD District : 22
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A customer criticized a Vietnamese store owner who had just washed and dried her hands before preparing food then asked her why she wasn't wearing a face mask since the coronavirus "came from her country." After she told him not to say such things, he responded, "Korean b****! Go back to wher the f*** you came from, g**k!"
Verified Hate/Bias : Confirmed
Date of Incident : 3/10/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Assault*
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Central
PPD District : 6
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Chinese male was physically harassed by two teen males where they made derogatory comments about Asians and the Coronavirus.
Verified Hate/Bias : Confirmed
Date of Incident : 3/6/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Ethnic Intimidation
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Unknown
PPD District : Unknown
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A Vietnamese teacher heard a student repeatedly make racist remarks saying they did not belong in the US.
Verified Hate/Bias : Confirmed
Date of Incident : 3/5/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Ethnic Intimidation
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Unknown
PPD District : Unknown
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A person yelled "GO BACK TO YOUR F****** COUNTRY!" at a Chinese person while waiting at a subway station.
Verified Hate/Bias : Confirmed
Date of Incident : 3/3/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Assault*
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : South
PPD District : 3
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A Chinese student was attacked by a group of teenagers at the Oregon BSL Station
Verified Hate/Bias : Unconfirmed
Date of Incident : Unknown
Incident Classification 1 : Assault*
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Citywide
PPD District : Unknown
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An Instagram post showing a young Asian couple getting attacked by a group of teens on a subway platform went viral. [n.b. it is not definitive that the attack occurred in Philadelphia]
Verified Hate/Bias : Unconfirmed
Date of Incident : 2/11/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Assault*
Incident Classification 2 : Harassment
Area of Incident : Citywide
PPD District : Unknown
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Alleged reports of harassment among Chinese community members where one elderly person in the NE was shoved and another in Chinatown was verbally harassed.
Verified Hate/Bias : Unconfirmed
Date of Incident : 1/29/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Slurs
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Central
PPD District : 6
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Two days after being verbally attacked for her ethnicity, a man shouted "China!" at an Asian woman as she was biking to work.
Verified Hate/Bias : Confirmed
Date of Incident : 1/27/2020
Incident Classification 1 : Slurs
Incident Classification 2 :
Area of Incident : Central
PPD District : 6
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While cycling, an elderly woman yelled, "You Chinese!" at an Asian woman cycling [possibly relating to the coronavirus panic]
Verified Hate/Bias : Confirmed
