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A Texas man who admitted to attacking an Asian family with a knife while shouting “get out of America” because he believed they were responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic could face life in prison on hate crime charges. Jose Gomez III, of Midland, Texas, pleaded guilty to three counts of committing a hate crime for singling out and using a knife to injure the family who was out shopping, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday. The prosecution of Gomez, 21, follows a recent rise in anti-Asian violence that’s accompanied the pandemic. The number of anti-Asian hate crimes increased to 279...
