Indiana woman charged with federal hate crime in anti-Asian bus attack

Billie R. Davis, a 56-year-old woman, has been charged with a federal hate crime for stabbing an 18-year-old Indiana University student on a public bus in Bloomington, Indiana, because she assumed the victim was "Chinese." Davis faces local charges of attempted murder, aggravated battery, and battery with a deadly weapon. The victim suffered multiple stab wounds on her head. Davis' attorney has filed an insanity defense, citing her long history of severe mental illness. The attack has sent shock waves to Asian Americans in the state and across the country, as the community grapples with increased reports of hate crimes against Asians in the U.S. over the past three years.