In the wake of ฟีเจอร์ซื้อสปิน SLOTXO โบนัสแตก x2 กำไรหลักหมื่น the Atlanta shootings, police offered early explanations for why the deadly rampage had occurred. But some experts say the speculation around motive drew from harmful stereotypes.

The morning after the Atlanta spa shootings, local law enforcement called a news conference. The suspect, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, had confessed to the shooting rampage, police said, in which eight people were killed, six of them Asian women.

Asked by reporters about a possible motive, Cherokee Police spokesman Capt Jay Baker replied that Mr Long had denied a racial motivation.

The gunman said he was struggling with a sex addiction, Capt Baker said, and had attempted "to take out that temptation".

"Yesterday was a really bad day for him, and this is what he did," Capt Baker said.

Those responses, in the wake of the deadly tragedy, caused anger.

It was also later discovered that Capt Baker had made controversial Facebook posts related to China and the coronavirus. By Thursday, the Sheriff's office had formally apologised and Capt Baker had been moved off the case.

To many, the news conference as a whole followed a well-worn storyline. Here is what three experts in Asian-American studies said they heard.