Very unfortunate what the 2x impeached one term disgraced ex President did. Here is WHITE "Trump Terrorist" in Arkansas punching an Asian-American man for being "Asian" and telling him this is "America" so what he is saying is "Asians" are not welcome
https://katv.com/news/local/arkansas-fire-captain-accused-of-attacking-asian-man
Arkansas fire captain accused of attacking Asian man
by Scott Carroll and Marine Glisovic
Thursday, March 25th 2021
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Bentonville, Arkansas Fire Department Capt. Benjamin Snodgrass, who is accused of attacking an Asian man. He was charged with battery and public intoxication. The attack came amid a wave of violence against Asians in the U.S. (Photo: Garland County jail)
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — An Arkansas fire department captain has been accused of punching an Asian man in a racially-motivated attack.
Bentonville Fire Department Capt. Benjamin Snodgrass, 44, was charged with third-degree assault.
The attack allegedly happened the night of March 13 outside Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs. Liem Nguyen told police that Snodgrass, who is white, approached him and asked him if he knew this was America, according to a police report. Snodgrass reportedly began pushing Nguyen and the two men fell to the ground. Nguyen punched Snodgrass in self-defense and Snodgrass punched him back, the report says.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found Nguyen with a ripped shirt and a red mark under his left eye. Snodgrass was sitting on a bench talking to a casino security guard.
Officers reported that Snodgrass smelled of intoxicants and could not speak clearly. At one point, he reportedly said, "I don't know guys, I'm hammered." He also said, "I don't know man, they are pumping gasses into this place and something is not right."
Snodgrass admitted to confronting Nguyen about not being American but said nothing else happened, according to the report. Officers noted that Snodgrass had blood on his left ear and lips and redness on his knuckles.
Snodgrass, who also faces a charge of public intoxication, was arrested and booked in the Garland County jail. Court records show he was released on $1,500 bond the next day. He has pleaded not guilty in the case.
On Thursday, KATV spoke with Nguyen, a Vietnamese man, who said he was just waiting on an Uber to arrive before the altercation occurred.
"Minding my own business, I don't want no trouble and then he got up and started walking toward me and said 'your kind of people are not supposed to be here, I'm going to kill you and your kind of people' - I was like what's going on? What did I do to you?" he described.
Nguyen said he caught the attention of a casino worker who led him to security and Snodgrass walked away.
"I said OK, I told security it's probably nothing no more, he's walking away so I'm going to leave it alone," said Nguyen. "So I walk back to the place where I was getting picked up at, he came running back at us...and at that time he threatened me again, saying he's going to kill me and kill my kind of people and then he grabbed me from my shirt, grabbed a hold of me - started pushing me so I put my hands up, I said 'don't touch me, leave me alone.'"
Nguyen explained that he was confused as to why he was targeted because he "spoke English perfectly" and told Snodgrass to "leave me alone, I don't want no trouble."
He added that he was shocked it would happen in this city. "I'm a people person, I work in the public every day six days a week, working in the public with all kinds of people and it happens here in Hot Springs, Arkansas - where this is a tourist town where a lot of people come from all over and it happened - that's what shocked me."
A Bentonville city spokesperson said Snodgrass is on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. The city website says Snodgrass has been employed by the fire department for more than 13 years.
An attorney for Snodgrass did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.
The attack happened amid a wave of assaults against Asians across the U.S. Three days after Nguyen was allegedly attacked, a 21-year-old man killed eight people, mostly Asians, in a
series of shootings at Atlanta-area massage parlors. The attacks have coincided with the spread of COVID-19, a virus that was first identified in China and described by former President Donald Trump and others in racially-charged terms such as the "Chinese virus."
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson
condemned such attacks in a statement last week.
"The hate-fueled targeting of Asian-Americans is a real concern to all who value fairness, diversity and tolerance," the Republican governor tweeted. "Let’s be sure to recognize the important contributions Asian-Americans make in Arkansas."
Arkansas is one of three states that does not have a law enhancing penalties for crimes targeting a person because of their race, religion or sex. A hate crime bill was recently introduced in Arkansas but
remains in limbo, despite having the governor's support.
Julie Roper, an attorney for Nguyen, said in a statement that the alleged attack "occurred solely because of his nationality and a climate of hate by some in this country right now toward Asian-Americans." Roper also accused Snodgrass of threatening to kill Nguyen.
"The circumstances of this violent attack, and threat to kill the victim, would fit the most stringent of standard of proof that this crime was hate motivated and it should be punishable under a higher sentencing standard ... It would be helpful to this family, and others in the future, if our Arkansas legislature will consider this incident as motivation to pass the recently proposed bill, or a revised version of it, to establish an Arkansas hate crime statute," the statement says.
Garland County Prosecuting Attorney, Michelle Lawrence, said they had not discussed with the U.S. Attorney's Office as to whether they would be interested in pursuing a federal hate crime charge. A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas said they could not comment on an on-going investigation.
Bentonville Mayor Stephanie Orman said in a statement that the city "does not condone or tolerate any form of discrimination or violence" and has worked to "make sure that everyone has a voice, they are heard, and feel welcome and protected in our community."
"We will continue our work to make Bentonville an inclusive, safe, and welcoming environment for all," the statement says.
The Asian American Pacific Islander Caucus of Arkansas’ President and Co-founder, Joshua Ang Price, told KATV, “To see that type of behavior from someone who is an authority figure, that we trust in our community, is really alarming and saddening.”
“To read the police report and see that he specifically targeted this man for being Asian – he asked do you know you’re in America, are you a real American before he began to assault him - I think that’s pretty much indicative that’s a hate crimeso in my opinion, yes, it is a hate crime," said Price.
Price highlighted that Arkansas needs a state hate crime law.
“It’s important to have a hate crime bill that has teeth sort of speak and really prosecute these type of attacks to the fullest extent of the law and make sure that Arkansas – not matter what your race, ethnicity, gender, your orientation or your national origin or religion that you can feel safe and not have to worry about these types of things happening to you.”