Police were called to Rep. Jayapal’s home after a man with a gun yelled obscenities outside her home.
, 48, was arrested Saturday after police were called to Jayapal’s home; the Representative called 911 after hearing obscenities yelled outside her home. Police found the man standing in the street, with a gun holstered on his waist. According to reporting, a neighbor of Jayapal’s told police they heard the man yell something along the lines of, “Go back to India. I’m going to kill you.
On July 13, Seattle police released the man without charges after being unable to confirm for certain the specific language used during the incident, per the King County prosecutors’ office; the police investigation is ongoing and prosecutors may still file a criminal case. Footage shared with a detective on the case by Jayapal’s husband, from their home’s security cameras, caught the end of the word “India” as well as an.
Advocates criticized what they saw as a lack of media coverage for an alleged hate crime against a sitting member of Congress – indeed, America’s first Indian-American congresswoman. “There have been over 11,000 hate incidents against Asian Americans last year and nearly 600 more every month.
Jayapal is not the only woman of color in Congress targeted this week. Also on July 13, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was
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