Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Spring Valley Area Command Capt. Nick Farese speaks during a press conference to discuss the safety concerns by people in the asian community amid recent acts of violence around the country, at the China Town Plaza in Las Vegas, Thursday, March 18, 2021. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco
Sonny Vinuya, president of the Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce, speaks during a press conference to discuss the safety concerns by people in the asian community amid recent acts of violence around the country, at the China Town Plaza in Las Vegas, Thursday, March 18, 2021. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco
Community advocate Dr. Rozita Lee speaks during a press conference to discuss the safety concerns by people in the asian community amid recent acts of violence around the country, at the China Town Plaza in Las Vegas, Thursday, March 18, 2021. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco
Community advocate Dr. Rozita Lee speaks during a press conference to discuss the safety concerns by people in the asian community amid recent acts of violence around the country, at the China Town Plaza in Las Vegas, Thursday, March 18, 2021. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco
“As a police agency, we stand in solidarity with our Asian American community,” said Capt. Nick Farese of the Spring Valley Area Command. “We are committed; we will not let any community get targeted.”
“It’s time to build cultural unity,” said Sonny Vinuya, president of the Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce. “With unity, there’s also victory.”
Robert Aaron Long, 21, has been charged with murder in the Tuesday night attacks in the Atlanta area. Six of the people killed were identified as Asian, and seven were women.
