Attacks on older Asians stoke fear in Bay Area's Chinatowns

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


DAISY NGUYEN,
Associated Press
Feb. 12, 2021
Updated: Feb. 12, 2021 12:39 a.m.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Police are stepping up their patrols and volunteers are increasing their street presence after several violent attacks on older Asians stoked fear in the San Francisco Bay Area’s Chinatowns and subdued the celebratory mood leading up to Lunar New Year.

City officials also have visited Chinatowns in San Francisco and Oakland this week to address residents' safety concerns and condemn the violence. They vowed to combat a problem that has been simmering since the start of the coronavirus pandemic but sparked new outrage after two unprovoked attacks were caught on video within a span of days and spread widely online.

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On Jan. 31, a security camera caught a man in a hooded sweatshirt barreling into a 91-year-old Asian man in Oakland's Chinatown, causing him to fall face-first into the pavement, narrowly missing a bike rack. Police arrested the suspect and said he had assaulted a couple on the same block later that day and another on Feb. 1.

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The recent attacks represent the latest spike in verbal and physical attacks against Asian Americans since the coronavirus, which emerged in China, reached the United States. Stop AAPI Hate, launched by two advocacy groups to encourage Asian Americans to report such incidents, has documented more than 3,000 attacks to date.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Attacks-on-older-Asians-stoke-fear-in-Bay-Area-s-15944945.php

[yuiyoshida]

1. Wtf I am in danger now?

Well, not going out during the pandemic however, eventually I will have to and now I have to be totally aware of my surroundings. Wonderful.

[Judi Lynn]

2. You remember Trump insisted on calling it the "China Virus" continually, to distract citizens

from the fact it was HIS fault the US never really got a chance to fight the virus successfully since he totally ignored it when he should have been attacking the problem right away.

He had more important things to do:







Apparently Trump believes this is the way a real man looks driving his truck.

Looks as if he has convinced his brilliant supporters Asian people are behind this plague which has claimed 475,291 in the U.S. today, Feb. 12, 2021, and China, 89,748.

Mapping the Coronavirus
Outbreak Across the World
Updated: February 12, 2021, 12:23 AM CST

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-coronavirus-cases-world-map/

[judesedit]

4. Exactly my view on it, too

[certainot]

9. limbaugh ramped up his 'chicom' attacks since then too, tying biden and other prominent

dems to chinese money and when mcconnell got brave and finally called the election for biden he turned on mcconnell calling him a 'chicom' too. and dems used to be socialists but they ramped it up to 'communists' 'commies' and VP harris has become 'commie harris'

basically they're trying to deflect from russia

[iemitsu]

3. Yeah.

[nam78_two]

5. Well that is awful

I dislike the Chinese govt...I dislike most govts these days as they are run by insane conservatives or wannabe fascists.

But trust Trump to milk every damn thing for its applicability wrt hate-mongering.

[Duppers]

6. OMG!

These RW thugs have so many psychological problems, problems that are easily triggered by the likes of tRump.

[Solly Mack]

7. K&R

[IronLionZion]

8. Meanwhile, actual Asian countries have done better with this pandemic

while the Trump administration decided on do nothing approach and blame Asians.

The US is the hardest hit country because we have the dumbest conservatives and conspiracy theorists spreading this virus around, not because of our diversity.

[Hortensis]

10. RW authoritarian types are well documented to enjoy preying on weak,

vulnerable victims, and they're overall cowardly, generally much preferring to attack in groups. Attacks on lone elderly people by younger who can run away fit the pattern perfectly. Creeps.

Hopefully the attention to this growing problem will marshal the coordinated attack on it required. With surveillance, we should be able to put these people away.

Another thing we know about them, and fascistic and domestic violence types in general, is that they require red meat from their leader -- a vulnerable target group or groups to persecute. If a leader won't provide it, eventually they'll turn to one who will. Trump, Cruz, Hawley, others, of course all know that, probably in their bones.

[nsd]

11. A teenager has been charged in one of the attacks.

Antoine Watson, 19, who is African American. This is not as simple as right wingers motivated by Trump.

https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/judge-orders-detention-for-teen-held-in-fatal-attack/