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Asian woman assaulted in Seattle decries lack of hate crime charges

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An attacker randomly hit an Asian woman in the face with a rock-filled sock in Seattle — and the victim said the pain was “nothing” …
An attacker randomly hit an Asian woman in the face with a rock-filled sock in Seattle — and the victim said the pain was “nothing” compared to the fact that the suspect won’t face hate crime charges, according to a new report. Noriko Nasu, a local Japanese language teacher, parked in the city’s Chinatown-International District on Feb.25 and walked to the corner to meet her boyfriend, according to court documents obtained by KCPQ. As the couple returned to Nasu’s car,41-year-old Sean Holdip suddenly approached and walloped her with the sock, the station reported. As Nasu lay unconscious, the assailant targeted her boyfriend too, she said. “He knocked me unconscious, leaving me with fractures in the nose and cheek, broken teeth and a concussion,” she said at a Monday event held by state and local leaders condemning violence against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders, according to the report. “I’m still having persistent migraines, dizziness and brain fog, to a point where I can barely function,” she said.

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