(NPR) Spa Shootings Expose Frustration And Debate Over 'Hate Crime' Label

Spa Shootings Expose Frustration And Debate Over 'Hate Crime' Label



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Atlanta Spa Shootings Expose Frustration And Debate Over 'Hate Crime' Label






Law enforcement officials confer outside one of multiple crime scenes Tuesday. Shootings at two spas in Atlanta and one in the suburbs left eight people dead, six of them women of Asian descent.



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Spa Shootings Expose Frustration And Debate Over 'Hate Crime' Label



Most of the victims were women of Asian descent. Authorities say it's too early to declare the attacks a hate crime — but advocates say there's a pattern that can't be ignored.