>Eight people, including six Asian women, are dead following a series of shootings at three massage parlors in the Atlanta area Tuesday evening. The shootings are the latest acts of violence against Asian people living in the U.S., which have risen significantly in the past year in large part due to racist rhetoric around the pandemic. >Authorities did not give many details of the victims in the news conference Wednesday morning, other than to say that two were white and six were Asian. Cherokee County Sheriff spokesperson Jay Baker said Tuesday was “a really bad day” for the suspect charged with the murders — framing that drew criticism from many on social media who said this diminished the tragedy of the eight people who were killed. [PBS.org](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/what-we-know-about-the-atlanta-spa-shootings-that-killed-8-including-6-asian-women). The GA piece suggests the whole thing was bs.