A woman who stabbed a Chinese student she saw on a public bus up to 10 times has been sentenced to six years in prison in federal prison.
Fox59 reports the judge sentenced Billie Davis Wednesday following her guilty plea three months ago.
The victim who has not publicly been identified is a student who was on her way to Indiana University in Bloomington.
According to WTHR, David told another passenger she feared the Chinese student would blow up the bus because she is Asian.
The student says she had got up to exit through the back door when Davis attacked her repeatedly in the head.
“Racially motivated violence has no place in our society,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “The sentence imposed for this heinous hate crime should send a strong message that perpetrators of hate-fueled violence will be held accountable.”
Law & Crime reports that Davis calmly sat down in the bus following the attack. When she exited, another passenger followed her and alerted police to her whereabouts.
Davis described her victim to police as ” “some Asian f—ing c—,” according to prosecutors.
The university’s Asian Culture Center commented shortly after the attack.
“We should not be fearing for our lives on public transportation. Taking the bus should not feel dangerous. The fact that the perpetrator announced that race was the motivation for her attack sends a jolt through our Asian community.”
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This “another passenger” who identified and reported the perpetrator to police is a hero. In view of the current tension between America and China, we must be extra vigilant.