Anonymous Letter Threatens to "Shoot Cambodians"

"I want to take a gun and go down there and kill these individuals."

Last week in Philadelphia, someone sent an anonymous letter to community leaders threatening to "shoot Cambodians." The typed, one-page letter, reportedly sent last week to the office of the Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia, accuses Cambodian residents of setting off fireworks at all hours in Mifflin Square Park.

The letter's author claims to be a Marine suffering from traumatic stress disorder after serving tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. He also claims to own several guns. "I want to take a gun and go down there and kill these individuals," the letter reads. "I am writing you to let you know when I do freak out and try to kill these people that it is your fault for not going to them and encouraging them (it is in their best interest) to stop doing this and remain alive!"

The association, which believes the letter is blatant, targeted racial intimidation, plans to address the incident during a news conference on Friday at the park. The letter has been reported to Philadelphia police and other investigative agencies.

More here: Amid anti-Asian hate, letter-writer threatens to shoot Philly Cambodians over park fireworks

FBI chief defends remarks on "the China threat"

Christopher Wray defended his previous portrayal of Chinese people in the U.S. as threats.



From Huffington Post: Despite backlash from Asian-American civil rights groups, FBI chief Christopher Wray defended his previous portrayal of Chinese people in the U.S. as threats.

In an interview with NBC News published on Wednesday, Wray addressed the controversial statements he made during a hearing with the Senate intelligence committee.

More here: FBI Director Defends Remarks That Chinese People In U.S. Pose Threats

Asian American family receives hate mail for posting Black Lives Matter sign

San Francisco home targeted with racist, threatening hate letters.



An Asian American family in San Francisco has been the target of racist, threatening hate mail since putting up a sign in support of "Black Lives Matter" in their window. But they're not backing down.

San Francisco Couple Threatened Over 'Black Lives Matter' Sign Display

Debbie Lee says she has had the sign up in the front window of her Forest Knolls/Twin Peaks home since 2015. But over the summer, she started receiving threatening letters about the sign.

The first letter showed up in her mailbox in July. Postmarked with no return address, it declared "BLUE LIVES MATTER! Get rid of your sign or WE will!" By the way, that's a threat.

The second letter said, "It's time to replace your BLM sign. How about CHINK LIVES MATTER."

Hate letters to mosques threaten genocide against Muslims

"He's going to do to you Muslims what Hitler did to the Jews."



Dispatches from Trump America... In California, a hate letter threatening genocide against Muslims was sent to three mosques, warning that Donald Trump would "do to you Muslims what Hitler did to the Jews."

Letters threatening genocide against Muslims and praising Trump sent to multiple California mosques

The same handwritten, photocopied letter, addressed to "the children of Satan," was sent last week to the Islamic Center of Long Beach, the Islamic Center of Claremont and the Evergreen Islamic Center in San Jose. The author promises, among other things, that Trump will "cleanse America and make it shine again."

Virginia Tech student arrested for posting threat message

"Another 4.16 moment is going to happen tomorrow. Just a warning."



This week in Virginia, a college student was arrested after posting a threatening message on social media warning of an upcoming event similar to the 2007 mass shooting on the Virginia Tech campus.

Student arrested after threatening Virginia Tech Yik Yak post

21-year-old Kiung Moon, a senior majoring in business information technology at Virginia Tech, posted a message on Yik Yak on Tuesday night warning of "another 4.16 moment." The Virginia Tech and the Blacksburg police departments were alerted to the posting and immediately launched an investigation.

According to Blacksburg police, Moon turned himself in at the Virginia Tech Police Department and was taken into custody the next afternoon.

Harvard death threat emailer just can't stop hitting "send"

Hundreds of Harvard affiliate received yet another email on Monday



Last Friday, hundreds of members of the Harvard University community received racially-charged emails -- disproportionately targeting women of Asian descent -- threatening a mass shooting on campus. Authorities say the investigation remains ongoing and haven't offered any further details on the source of the threats. Meanwhile, hundreds of Harvard affiliates received yet another email Monday morning from the same address.

Investigation Unresolved, Yet Another Email Hits Inboxes

The latest email, sent from the same "hotmail.de" address that issued the original threat, seems to offer another apology of sorts for "the insult." The sender self-identifies as a 15-year-old Vietnamese person living in France... who seems to realize that he or she is now likely in a truckload of trouble.

Harvard students receive death threats targeting Asians

Racially-charged emails threatened mass shooting on campus



Over the weekend, police at Harvard University were on high alert, stepping up security and investigating a racially-charged death threat that was emailed to hundreds of students, staff and affiliates on Friday afternoon.

Hundreds At Harvard Receive Shooting Threats

The threat stated that the author would come to Harvard on Saturday at "11 clock" and "shoot all of you" and "kill you individually." Several students received a second email with the same text. The emails included racist language, referring to their intended recipients as "slit-eyes," and many of the intended recipients were women of Asian descent.