DALLAS — At a heated town hall meeting in May, Caroline Kim stood in front of city leaders and some of the highest ranking officers at the Dallas Police Department and called on them to do more to keep the Asian American community safe.
Just a few days before, a man who later shared with police investigators that he had racist delusions about Asian Americans, targeted a hair salon in Dallas’ Koreatown, a neighborhood that Kim’s family has contributed to for more than two decades.
“If you are truly representing us in this neighborhood, if you’re truly here to help our safety, we need you to recognize and know the leaders in this community, you need to know who the small business owners are, and you need to ask us if we see something, and you need to help us find resources proactively,” Kim said.
