Antioch is one of many #California cities, including #LosAngeles and #SantaAna, where white residents lynched Chinese people or burned down their neighborhoods in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Amid the racial reckoning after the killing of #GeorgeFloyd in #Minneapolis and a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes during the #COVID_19 #pandemic, Antioch is the first city to issue a formal apology. (#repost by @latimes)