The Daily Populous

Wednesday March 24th, 2021 day edition

image for Car ramming at rally protesting anti-Asian hate being investigated as hate crime

Los Angeles authorities are investigating a possible hate crime after a man recklessly drove through a red light into a crosswalk where protesters were marching in a "Stop Asian Hate" rally.

The man yelled racial epithets as he rammed his car through the pedestrian route where the scheduled rally was taking place on Sunday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's office confirmed to ABC News on Tuesday.

"Based on what we have learned, this is being investigated as a hate crime," Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in a tweet.

Parts of the incident, which occurred in the Diamond Bar area, were captured on videos posted to social media.

In the videos, the man in the car is seen exiting his vehicle and yelling "F--- China" at the demonstrators.

The sheriff's office identified the suspect as a white male in his 50s, and said that his license plate was captured on video footage from the rally.

Reports of anti-Asian hate incidents have skyrocketed over the past year, with many linking them to biases related to the pandemic and the Trump administration's incendiary language. »

"Why is this subreddit private?" See here for answers! : Blank-Cheque

Authored by reddit.com

If you've been linked to this page, you likely tried to view a subreddit that's been made private.

It's because one of reddit's new employees is a supporter of child rape, and the mods of the subreddit you're attempting to view think that's bad.

A: Reddit mods have the ability to make their subreddits unavailable for public use if they so choose - this is what they're doing here. »

Tiny Mars helicopter to pay homage to Wright brothers

Authored by houstonchronicle.com

It was a part of the wing covering on the Wright brothers’ aircraft that took the first powered, controlled flight on Earth on Dec. 17, 1903.

“We are very proud to honor that experimental aircraft,” Bob Balaram, Ingenuity's chief engineer, said Tuesday during a news conference.

Ingenuity is a 4-pound helicopter that hitched a ride to Mars on the belly of NASA's Perseverance rover. »

Is the Republican Party attracting authoritarians? New research suggests it could be creating them.

Authored by academictimes.com

"Instead, the authoritarian divide appears to be largely a product of cue-taking on the part of the electorate mimicking their political leaders.".

Research discovering a strong correlation between authoritarianism and support for Trump received widespread media attention even before the outsider Republican's victory.

He examined data from two election studies to find out whether there was evidence to back that view up. »