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Beaten in NYC, jazz pianist plays again--but not a 'happy ending'
Beaten in NYC, jazz pianist plays again--but not a ‘happy ending’
By RYO JOZUKA/ Staff Writer Asahi Shimbun
November 25, 2021 at 07:00 JST
...The assault started around 7:30 p.m. after Unno got off the subway at a station near his home in New York. He came across about eight young people hanging around the exit and blocking the way.
They claimed that Unno pushed one of them, but the musician said he was certain he didn’t even touch any of them.
The youths then beat him at the exit. Unno managed to reach the ground level and ran, but they caught up with him in a crowded park and continued the assault.
Unno recalled that the attackers said words like “Chinese” and “Asian.”
Around that time, an increasing number of hate crimes against Asians were being reported in the United States apparently over the spread of the novel coronavirus...
They claimed that Unno pushed one of them, but the musician said he was certain he didn’t even touch any of them.
The youths then beat him at the exit. Unno managed to reach the ground level and ran, but they caught up with him in a crowded park and continued the assault.
Unno recalled that the attackers said words like “Chinese” and “Asian.”
Around that time, an increasing number of hate crimes against Asians were being reported in the United States apparently over the spread of the novel coronavirus...
More on Tadataka Unno:
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14477485