It's been one year since the deadly spa shootings in the Atlanta-area. Robert Peterson remembers his mother and shares his hopes for the future.
RELATED: Asian American Atlantans react to spa shootings
A year ago this week, on March 16, 2021, eight people were killed – including six of Asian descent – in the rampages. Four of the victims were Korean.
Anti-Asian hate crime increased by 339 percent last year compared to the year before, according to data from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism.
In the year since the shooting, Atlanta has become the epicenter for Asian American "grief, healing and resistance," Deepa Iyer, South Asian American lawyer and writer said during the event.
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