Alt Theory

Without question, there's something going on with the attacks on Asian Americans in cities across the country. But I don't buy for a second the white supremacist/Trump supporter argument because it simply doesn't add up. A great number (if not the majority) of these attacks are being perpetrated by African American men against older Asian people. What gives? Are we really going with the argument that Trump's anti-Asian sentiment has miraculously influenced African American men to commit these crimes? What is Trump, some type of svengali? Further, is anyone actually listening to Trump anymore? Doubtful.

I have more more plausible, canary in the coal mine theory: the anti-police movements in blue cities across the country are emboldening criminals generally. And the first victims of criminals are the most vulnerable -- or at least those perceived as the most vulnerable -- and so the anti-Asian violence, to my best guess, is correlated with a general increase in urban crime. Note, the murder rates in blue cities are also on the rise.