Indiana Woman Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Racially Motivated Bus Stabbing

A woman from Indiana has been charged with a federal hate crime in addition to attempted murder for stabbing an 18-year-old Chinese-American woman on a public bus. Billie R. Davis, who is white, allegedly stabbed the victim multiple times in the head with a folding knife, telling police it was "one less person to blow up our country." Davis' lawyer has said she is mentally ill and seeking an insanity defense. The attack highlights the increasing harassment and assaults against Asian Americans, particularly since the start of the pandemic.