Indiana University says student got stabbed for being Asian

• Evidence showed no interaction before the attack.
• Student, age 18, was attacked on a bus in Bloomington.
• Billie Davis, 56, has been charged with attempted murder.

According to Indiana University, a student, age 18, was attacked on a bus in Bloomington after being singled out for being Asian.

On a Bloomington transit bus on Wednesday in the late afternoon, the student was attacked.

According to online court documents, Billie Davis, 56, has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery, and battery with a deadly weapon.

It wasn’t known if the defendant had a legal representative who could speak for them. Requests for comment from the Monroe County, Indiana public defender’s office were not immediately fulfilled.

According to police, an 18-year-old lady from Carmel, Indiana, told detectives that she was repeatedly struck in the head by another passenger while she waited for the bus’ doors to open.

The student, who has not been officially recognised, was taken to a hospital bleeding from multiple stab wounds to her skull, according to authorities.

According to police, video showed that the woman and suspect did not interact before to the attack.

According to James Wimbush, vice president for diversity, equality, and multicultural affairs at Indiana University, “Bloomington was cruelly reminded this week that anti-Asian bigotry is real and can have severe effects on individuals and our community.” “No one should be subjected to abuse or intimidation because of their upbringing, ethnicity, or origin. Instead, the enormous diversity of identities and viewpoints that make up our campus and community culture makes the Bloomington and IU communities stronger.”

For community members who require it, the university offers counselling support.

The attack was described as “a horrible and deliberate anti-Asian hate crime” by the Asian Culture Center at the institution.

In a statement released on Friday, it added, “Our sympathies are with the victim of this heinous assault, her family, and everyone in the community who is affected by this racial hatred.” We are horrified and grieved by this senseless act of violence, but we are also concerned for our community’s safety.
According to the center’s Facebook page, an event was held Friday for students and community members to “process feelings of dread, sadness, rage, and worry.”

In response to a query regarding whether the incident is being looked into as a hate crime, police cited the state’s pertinent statute, which does not include any particular charges for hate crimes.

According to the Matthew Shepard Foundation, Indiana’s hate crime law, which was passed in 2019, permits judges to consider tougher punishments where “bias” considerations, such as “colour, creed, disability, national origin, race, or religion,” prompted the crime.

The legislators purposefully left out gender identity and sexual orientation as potential driving factors, thus Indiana will continue to be included among the states without a hate crime legislation, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

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