“It is an honor, and I hope all coaches -- minorities, Black, Asian, white, it doesn’t matter, great people -- continue to get opportunities to lead young men like this,” Freeman said.
The incident, which involved an Asian American driver at the airline's Denver catering facility, occurred during the pandemic as reports of anti-Asian hate were growing.
The interim police chief said she fired Kevin Dave, who hit Jaahnavi Kandula, 23, with his patrol car, after the city’s police accountability office concluded he violated four department policies.
“Unfortunately, we have not always fully appreciated the talents and the contributions which Asian-Americans have brought to the United states,” Carter wrote in his 1979 proclamation.
The son of immigrants is among 23 Democratic attorneys general likely to be regularly suing the incoming Trump administration over contentious policies.
The backlash escalated Thursday, when Vivek Ramaswamy, in a post on X, criticized an American culture that he said “venerated mediocrity over excellence.”