Anti-Asian hate crimes in San Francisco rose a whopping 567 percent in 2021 as police say one man was responsible for more than half of last year's attacks. Hate crimes targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the city, jumped to 60 last year from from just nine in 2020 - although officials believe the actual numbers are much higher because people are reluctant to report to the police. 'That is significant, that is concerning and that is alarming,' San Francisco's police chief Bill Scott said at a press conference in Chinatown on Tuesday as he announced the police department would have a presence at next week's Lunar New Year celebration while advising the community to remain vigilant.
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