Challenges of Prosecuting Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March

Challenges of Prosecuting Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

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Former U.S. Attorney Byung J. 鈥淏Jay鈥� Pak speaks to the unique challenges of prosecuting hate crimes aimed at Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Major funding for RISING AGAINST ASIAN HATE: ONE DAY IN MARCH is provided by the Open Society Foundations, Ford Foundation/JustFilms, The Asian American Foundation, and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation. Additional funding is provided by Sandy Gooch and Harry Lederman, and the Hansji Corporation. Support for this program is also provided by The WNET Group鈥檚鈥淓xploring Hate鈥� initiative, with leadership support by The Sylvia A. and Simon B. Poyta Programming Endowment to Fight Antisemitism, with additional major funding from Sue and Edgar Wachenheim, III, Charlotte and David Ackert, The Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Fund, and Patti Askwith Kenner. Additional support is provided by Laura and Stephen Mong, Laurie and Peter Grauer, the Tiger Baron Foundation, Rachel S. Lam, Nancy and Morris W. Offit, and Josh Weston. A complete list of funders is available at pbs.org/exploringhate. RISING AGAINST ASIAN HATE: ONE DAY IN MARCH is produced by Repartee Films, LLC in association with the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), and The WNET Group for PBS.

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