{"id":57839,"date":"2023-05-09T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T18:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=57839"},"modified":"2023-05-09T11:26:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T18:26:00","slug":"aapi-victory-alliance-on-the-mass-shooting-at-shopping-mall-near-dallas-that-claimed-the-lives-of-four-aapis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=57839","title":{"rendered":"AAPI Victory Alliance on the Mass Shooting at Shopping Mall Near Dallas That Claimed the Lives of Four AAPIs"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0After the mass shooting that took the lives of eight people at a shopping center in Allen, Texas, on Saturday \u2014 including an Indian immigrant and three members of a Korean-American family \u2014\u00a0AAPI Victory Alliance<\/a>\u00a0issued a statement to mourn the lives lost and reaffirm the national outcry for gun violence prevention legislation.<\/p>\n

AAPI Victory Alliance<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Executive Director\u00a0<\/strong>Varun Nikore<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0issued the following statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cToday, we remember the lives of Aishwarya Thatikonda, Christian LaCour, Daniela and Sofia Mendoza,\u00a0<\/em>Kang Shin Young<\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>Cho Kyu Song<\/em>\u00a0and James Cho, whose lives were taken too soon at the hands of gun violence.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is nowhere in America that feels safe today\u2014not school, not movie theaters, not at the shopping mall. We are no longer the land of the free\u2014but a nation living in fear. We can\u2019t wait any longer to act.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAAPI Victory Alliance stands in solidarity with the entire Collin County community, which is home to Texas\u2019 largest and fastest-growing population of minority groups \u2014 including a\u00a0<\/em>sizable AAPI population<\/em><\/a>. We send our sincere condolences to the families who have lost loved ones. And we once again call on our elected officials at every level of government to take bold, tangible steps toward protecting all of our communities from the threat of gun violence\u2014banning assault weapons and getting weapons<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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