Video: Thug repeatedly pistol-whips 69-year-old Asian man, steals his watch in northern Calif. Mayor calls broad-daylight attack 'truly shocking.'



A 69-year-old Asian man was repeatedly pistol-whipped and robbed of his watch in a broad-daylight attack caught on home surveillance video last week in northern California, KNTV-TV reported.

The mayor of Daly City — where the attack took place — called it "truly shocking," the station added.

Daly City is about 20 minutes southwest of San Francisco, which has seen a huge spike in brazen crime in the last few years. Violence against Asians has risen in San Francisco and all over the Bay Area as well in that period of time.

What are the details?

Video shows the victim struggling with the suspect next to a pickup truck in the 1300 block of Skyline Drive around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, KNTV reported. The assailant hits the victim multiple times with a handgun as he orders the elderly man to give up his watch.

"Gimme the watch!" the crook is heard hollering at the victim as the sound of the gun smacking against the victim's head also is audible. "Take it off!" he also yells at the elderly man, who can be heard crying out.

Soon the crook appears to take the watch from the victim, after which he runs to a waiting red sports car with tinted windows and hops in the passenger seat. The car's driver of then floors it at a dangerously high speed down the residential street.

\u201cJust sent to me, a @ring camera captures a robbery on Skyline Dr in #DalyCity a high end watch was stolen and the victim was struck repeatedly with a handgun @DalyCityPD is currently investigating the robbery. The victim suffered minor injuries More detail are pending. #GothamSF\u201d
— Stanley Roberts (@Stanley Roberts) 1659120300

KNTV said the victim was treated at the scene for his injuries.

The station said no description was immediately available for the suspect who remained at large Friday. However, video showed the suspect appeared to be wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, dark pants, and white sneakers.

Daly City Mayor Rod Daus-Magbual said in a Friday statement in regard to the incident that the city has "zero tolerance for anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander attacks of any kind," KNTV reported.

The mayor added that he's "working closely with our city's management and police department to ensure a thorough investigation," the station said.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Detective Robert McCarthy at 650-991-8174, KNTV added.

Video: Gun-toting thugs demand Uber driver exit his car in broad-daylight heist; when he refuses, one of them shoots driver dead.



Surveillance video caught the moment when two hooded individuals approached an Oakland Uber driver's car around 11 a.m. Sunday and demanded he get out, KGO-TV reported.

But when 52-year-old Kon "Patrick" Fung refused to exit his vehicle in the 2000 block of 13th Avenue, one of the suspects shot him dead and ran away from the scene, the station said, adding that police are calling it an attempted robbery.

Image source: KGO-TV video screenshot

Victim's girlfriend speaks out

Fung's girlfriend of five years told KGO about her personal tragedy in the hopes it will lead to solutions to violence plaguing the northern California city and the Bay Area.

"She's afraid to even leave her house, and she can't sleep," an interpreter for Judy — she wanted only her first name used for the story — explained to the station. "The whole incident happened in less than five seconds. In that span, she lost her boyfriend."

She added in Mandarin, "I'm so scared. I don't dare go outside. I just think of him dying," KGO said.

Judy was buying groceries in Oakland's Chinatown the morning of the killing, the station said, adding that her son heard the gunshot and told the rest of the family what happened.

She added that her boyfriend Fung was "a hard worker" and told KGO he even worked on Sundays: "It's because of his job, his hard-working trade, that he got killed."

Image source: KGO-TV video screenshot

Judy's home is near the city's Little Saigon neighborhood, the station said, adding that KGO covered a gathering there last month featuring dozens of business owners concerned about crime there and and in nearby predominately Asian areas.

"Why us? We are hard-working. We go to work, we pay our bills, but why are we being targeted over and over again? This has to stop," Judy told the station as she wiped tears away from her face.

Her interpreter told KGO that she "wants more help from the city patrolling the neighborhood. She needs more resources to make sure the safety of this neighborhood is protected. She's pleading for help to catch the two perpetrators to bring them to justice as soon as possible."

The Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council — whose president, Stewart Chen, helped translate for Judy — is assisting with a GoFundMe to pay for funeral expenses, the station said.

The Oakland Police Department released video footage of the killing in the hopes that the pair of suspects can be identified, KGO said, adding that police and CrimeStoppers of Oakland announced a reward of up to $12,500 for information leading to an arrest.

If you know these individuals or have information about this case, the station said to contact the Oakland Police Department Homicide Section at 510- 238-3821 or the TIP LINE at (510) 238-7950.

Asian man knocked unconscious from behind in Oakland, then beaten and robbed, believes he was targeted because of his race: 'This happens all the time'



Sagar Tamang was headed to a street vendor to grab some food near the Fox Theater in Oakland around 11 p.m. May 28 when he felt something hit the back of his head, KGO-TV reported.

Tamang was knocked unconscious and woke up the next day in a hospital, bruised and beaten, the station said.

He'd been left in an alley and was robbed of his pants, boots, long coat, phone, and wallet, according to the GoFundMe set up on his behalf, which added that he was left wearing only his boxers, T-shirt, and socks.

'I need to be vocal'

Tamang told KGO he believes he was targeted because he is Nepalese — the victim of yet another anti-Asian attack.

Image source: KGO-TV video screenshot

"I need to be vocal about what happened to me so later on the younger people, or people from ... the Nepalese community can come forward and say, 'Oh yeah, this happened to me too,'" he told the station, adding that "people will be able to relate. This is happening with a lot of Asian communities ... this happens all the time."

Hate crime?

KGO said Oakland police haven't determined if the attack on Tamang was a hate crime, but they are continuing to investigate.

A friend of Tamang set up the GoFundMe page to help cover his medical bills since Tamang won't be able to work his rideshare driver job for the next month, the station said.

Tamang's friend — also from Nepal — told KGO it may be hard to prove the attack against Tamang was a hate crime, but she believes Asians are targets.

"Because we're Asian, people think we are easy to rob, easy to assault, easy to manipulate, and [will] do anything they want," Tamang's friend, who didn't want to be identified, added to the station. "If it's someone else, they wouldn't do that. He's a short Asian guy."

'I'm going to live my life'

Tamang added to KGO that while the attack shook him up, it won't deter him from doing the things he loves.

"I'm going to live my life; everyone's going to live their life," he told the station. "But one thing ... this has made me ... stronger as a person who survived it."

Tamang also issued a warning to others, KGO reported: "It happened to me; it could happen to anyone."

Anything else?

KGO said a new survey tracking American attitudes and perceptions found that Asian Americans are blamed for the COVID-19 pandemic to a greater degree this year compared to 2021.

Furthermore, it has seemed that crimes against Asians have been spiking across the San Francisco Bay Area of late, with some of it happening in Oakland:

  • Last month a 7-months-pregnant store owner in Oakland's Chinatown chased out a male shoplifter, who then threw at her a large bottle of hand sanitizer he had taken — just missing her belly — and ran off while calling her a "Chinese b***h."
  • In April three allegedly armed men were caught on video attacking an Asian man in broad daylight on an Oakland street, wrestling away his luxury backpack then taking off in a getaway car.

A broader crime spree against Asian women in the Bay Area was put to a stop in December when police made six arrests. What's more, the ringleader — who faced up to 95 years in jail — targeted multiple Asian women on a daily basis as he assumed they don't believe in bank accounts.

'F*** you, Chinese people! I hate you!': Video shows Asian store owner punched in face, knocked to floor by customer



Surveillance video caught the moment when an angry customer walked up to Chong Hu Lu, owner of Max Trading in Washington, D.C., and punched him in the face and knocked him to the floor of his business Tuesday, WRC-TV reported.

What are the details?

Lu told the station the customer was upset that opening store items is prohibited.

Image source: WRC-TV video screenshot

With that, video shows the man approaching Lu and suddenly punching him in the face, after which Lu fell to the floor.

Image source: WRC-TV video screenshot

Image source: WRC-TV video screenshot

The attacker then appeared to punch Lu again while he was on the ground.

Image source: WRC-TV video screenshot

Lu noted to WRC that the customer yelled, "F*** you, Chinese people! I hate you!"

After the punches were thrown, surveillance video shows Lu's wife Cong Cong Hu stepped in and tried to help, the station said.

Later she told WRC, "I was so scared. What if the guy go crazy, have a gun or knife? I don't know what would happen, so I'm so scared."

Lu went to the hospital after the attack and needed 14 stitches, the station said.

Image source: WRC-TV video screenshot

The family told WRC the attacker ran off after the incident and has not been arrested.

Image source: WRC-TV video screenshot

But D.C. police told the station an investigation is ongoing, and that they're treating the attack as a possible hate crime.

MPD seeks the public's assistance in identifying and locating a suspect and a person of interest in an Aggravated A… https://t.co/rD9FUQxdde

— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) 1620265763.0

Lu added to WRC that he hopes police make an arrest and that he's tired of the attacks upon Asian Americans.

Image source: WRC-TV video screenshot

The couple's daughter told the station that she begged her parents to close the shop the next day for fear of their safety.

But Hu and Lu told WRC they had no choice but to stay open as they have to make a living. The station said Max Trading has been operating for 22 years, and that the family works six days a week, every week, and that the pandemic has made business especially tough.

Image source: WRC-TV video screenshot

"I just don't understand," Hu told WRC. "I couldn't sleep the whole night last night. Why do they treat us like this? We didn't do nothing wrong."

'I'm gonna kill somebody!': Suspect caught on video physically attacking Asian man in broad daylight on NYC street



Yet another physical attack against an Asian person took place Monday on the streets of New York City — and some of the broad-daylight violence was caught on video, WABC-TV reported.

What are the details?

Police said the victim, a 44-year-old man, was walking near Lexington Avenue and East 72nd Street around 3:20 p.m. when the suspect — who had been yelling at other pedestrians — yelled, "Don't look at me!" and punched the man in the back of the head, the New York Post reported.

A surveillance video that WABC obtained shows the suspect following the victim — even after he walked into the street and reversed directions to avoid the attacker — and slamming him into a storefront, authorities told the paper. The suspect's punch does not appear in the video, the Post said.

After the attacker slammed the victim into the storefront, surveillance video shows the suspect continuing to chase the victim down a sidewalk.

A second video that came from a cellphone shows the suspect on a street corner hollering and raising his arms as bystanders gather and try to prevent further attacks against the Asian man.

"I'm gonna kill somebody!" the suspect was heard yelling on the clip. "Get out of my face!"

A woman was seen on video trying to comfort the victim and asking him if he wanted her to call police.

A different woman told WABC that the suspect went after her as well and yelled about Chinese, Spanish, and white people — and asked if she wanted him to kill her.

The incident is not being treated as a hate crime, police told the Post, but authorities are asking for help in catching the suspect who's still at large as of Tuesday morning.

Anything else?

Anti-Asian violence recently has spiked in New York City, WABC said, adding that there have been 54 verified cases so far in 2021 compared to 12 during 2020:

Asian Chamber of Commerce demands apology from Denver newspaper over April Fools prank they say is racist



The Asian Chamber of Commerce in Denver demanded that a local newspaper apologize over an April Fools prank column that they said was racist and could fuel anti-Asian hate crimes.

The column in the Greenwood Villager newspaper jokingly suggested that a theme park was being planned in the area but it made references to Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus is believed to have originated.

"America's Largest Amusement Park Heads to Greenwood Village," read the headline.

"The astonishing announcement of a new 13-acre amusement park coming to the vacant land adjacent to the Landmark towers is now revealed to the public," it read.

"Because if the recent Asian alleged hate crimes, the planning commission and council have moved quietly through confidential Zoom meetings with Chinese officials to complete the contract," the article continued. "Several city planners traveled to Wuhan, China to work out the details that include bringing over 1000 Chinese workers and their families to the area for the two-year construction period."

In a later part of the article, the newspaper said that hotels were preparing for the Asian workers.

"Area hotels are being contracted for lower rates for the Chinese families and adding more rice, vegetables and chopsticks to their morning breakfasts," it read.

Board member Clarence Low told KMGH-TV that the satirical article was offensive to Asians.

"Calling out Asians and calling out any race or ethnic group in in the interest of a comedy or satire is wholly inappropriate. It just continues to elevate this fear mongering and anti-Asian-phobia," said Low.

"We are not a punchline. No ethnic group should be a punchline to any satirical article," he added.

The Villager released a statement on Friday explaining that the article "was by no means intended to insult or offend anyone, especially the Asian community."

The statement added, "In light of recent events and attacks on Asians, the paper sincerely regrets any insensitivities in the April Fools spoof."

Here's more about the incident in Denver:

Asian Chamber of Commerce denounces 'dehumanizing' satire news articlewww.youtube.com

Authorities arrest 15-year-old after videotaped attack on Asian couple



Authorities arrested a 15-year-old boy in Tacoma, Washington, after an apparent attack on an Asian couple.

The attack was filmed and widely circulated on social media.

What are the details?

According to CNN, the Tacoma Police Department said that the teen, who remains unnamed, has been charged with second-degree assault.

In the video, a person wearing a red shirt can be seen approaching a male and a female on a Washington street. The person in the red shirt — identified to be the teen — can be seen swinging at the male and the woman begins crying out. In a second clip, the male victim "is being cursed at and seems to be pushed or struck," the outlet reported, "thought it is unclear in the video whether it is the same attacker or another person as part of a group."

The attack, according to police, took place in November 2020, and the victim did not know the identity of their attacker.

"A complaint was filed at the time, she said, but police did not connect it to the video until family members of the victims recognized their relatives in the footage," CNN added.

Tacoma Police Public Information Officer Wendy Haddow told CNN that the victims' family recognized their relatives in footage that had been circulating online and on the news.

What else?

An Asian man who identified himself as one of the victims told KIRO-TV on Wednesday that he forgives the attacker.

"I want him to be better," he said in Korean. "I want him to know this was bad."

The unnamed victim said he just couldn't understand why he was targeted for attack, but said that he could only imagine because is is Asian.

"I have to think so," he said. "I'm Asian. I'm older, and I'm not that big."

He said the attack took place when he was on a walk near his apartment when he and his wife saw four teenaged people approaching him.

"I thought they were messing around with each other and accidentally bumped into me," he recalled. "So I asked, 'You OK? You OK? ... A fist came flying in, hit me ... and I started bleeding."

NBC News reported that the man suffered a broken rib in the attack.

(Content warning: Rough language):

Tacoma Washington, Asian elders attacked - Inst - Asianswithattitudes https://t.co/RySOh2bZD0
— HopClear (@HopClear)1617202656.0

VIDEO: Assailant attacks 65-year-old Asian woman in broad daylight in NYC as security guards stand by and do nothing



A man brutally attacked a 65-year-old Asian woman in broad daylight in Midtown Manhattan on Monday, stomping her several times and reportedly yelling racial remarks, the New York City Police Department said. It's the latest in a string of anti-Asian hate crimes occurring across the country in recent weeks.

What are the details?

The attack occurred at approximately 11:40 a.m. right outside an apartment building at 360 W. 43rd St., according to WABC-TV reporter CeFaan Kim, who first reported the news.

Surveillance footage from inside the apartment building released to the media showed the assailant brutally attacking the elderly Asian woman without provocation. The woman was reportedly on her way to church when the assault occurred.

As he kicked her to the ground and proceeded to repeatedly stomp the defenseless woman's head against the pavement, the assailant is said to have yelled, "F*** you, you don't belong here," according to witnesses.

NYPD says 65-year-old Asian American woman was walking to church this morning when suspect assaulted her and said “… https://t.co/QEEc7OCPc9
— CeFaan Kim (@CeFaan Kim)1617065525.0

According to WABC-TV, the woman was taken to a nearby hospital with "swelling to the face and pain in the left leg." She is said to be in stable condition.

A hate crime investigation has reportedly been launched into the incident, and the NYPD is asking the public for help identifying the assailant.

He closed door on helpless victim. She was punched and kicked causing her to fall. He then kicked her multiple time… https://t.co/BCofP6mf5Y
— CeFaan Kim (@CeFaan Kim)1617065558.0

What else?

As the vicious attack unfolded, multiple staff inside the apartment building appeared to stand idly by, failing to come to the woman's aid. One of the individuals — reportedly a security guard — slowly closed the door on her as the attacker walked away.

In a since-deleted tweet, the NYPD's Asian Hate Crimes unit wrote, "The cold hearted building security guard not only failed to render aid, he closed the door on the victim," according to WABC-TV.

In a statement following the incident, the Brodsky Organization, the company that owns the apartment building, announced it had suspended the staff members who witnessed the attack.

"The Brodsky Organization condemns all forms of discrimination, racism, xenophobia and violence against the Asian American community," the company stated. "The staff who witnessed the attack have been suspended pending an investigation in conjunction with their union."

Anything else?

The incident immediately sparked outcry on social media, and even before police released video, elected officials had convened in Queens to condemn the attack.

"Asian Americans for too long in this country have been shamefully scapegoated because of ignorant fear," New York Rep. Grace Meng said. "That is the history of this country."

A wave of violence against Asian Americans has been reported across the country over the last several weeks, including the heinous murder of eight people who worked at three different day spas in the Atlanta area in mid-March. Six of the eight victims in the shooting spree were of Asian descent.

Asian American woman who's running for NYC council says she was shoved on subway stairwell, sprained her ankle



An Asian American woman who's running for New York City Council said she was shoved on a Manhattan subway stairwell by another woman last week, the New York Post reported.

The attack against Susan Lee follows numerous others in the city lately that have been fueled by hate and racism, although she told the paper she isn't sure what motivated her assailant.

What are the details?

Lee, 42, told the Post she was in the stairwell at the Oculus subway station last Wednesday when she spotted the woman staring at her: "You know she has this mischievous look on her face, and I was just thinking like, 'Oh gosh, this isn't good.'"

Sure enough, Lee noted to the paper that the woman pushed her — but that she was able to grab the handrail to brace herself.

The Post said Lee fell a few steps down and suffered a sprained ankle — and she noted to the paper that it could've been much worse.

"If I wasn't prepared for her to push me, I would have fallen all the way down the stairs," Lee added to the paper. "I was holding on to the rail really tightly, and I had my other hand in front of my face."

After the attack, she headed straight for her home, the Post said: "I wanted to be someplace safe."

Lee added to the paper that she isn't sure if the woman, who appeared to be homeless, targeted her because she's Asian or just because she was alone.

What happened next?

Lee reported the incident to police a few days later after friends urged her to do so, telling her it would be wise to get it on the record, the Post said.

She told the paper that police had her look at several hundred photos in case the suspect was among them, but the effort turned up nothing. Lee has described the assailant as black, the Post said.

Now what?

Since the attack, Lee — who had been a frequent user of public transportation — has taken the subway only twice, the paper said.

"Now I'm always walking," she noted to the Post

Anything else?

There have been numerous attacks of late against Asians in New York City:

Hate crime suspect accused of threatening Asian woman, smashing her cellphone, telling her 'go back to China'



A hate crime suspect threatened an Asian woman on a New York City subway train Tuesday morning, smashed her cellphone, and told her to "go back to China," police told the New York Daily News.

The paper ran the same photos of the suspect in its story that appear in the below tweet from NYPD Transit:

Take a look at these photos and the distinctive clothing- This person is wanted for a hate crime after removing the… https://t.co/YDdPrfUepj
— NYPD Transit (@NYPD Transit)1616598883.0

What are the details?

The suspect was sitting across from the victim on a No. 7 train in Flushing in the borough of Queens about 11:30 a.m. when he told the 35-year-old woman to "go back to China" and "don't look at me, you COVID spreader," police told the Daily News.

The suspect also threatened to hurt the victim and go to Chinatown and attack others, police said, according to the paper.

When the victim's cellphone rang, she began speaking in her native language while recording the suspect — who reacted by grabbing the phone from her and smashing it on the ground, police told the Daily News.

The screen was damaged but the woman picked up her phone and ran to another car, the paper said, adding that her assailant got off at the nest stop, Mets-Willets Point.

The woman then gave her damaged phone to police, who recovered her video and released images to the public, the Daily News said.

The paper said the suspect is about 6-foot-4 and weighs about 180 pounds.

More of the same

It was the latest in an increasing number of anti-Asian attacks in New York City:

The NYPD noted that there have been at least 23 anti-Asian hate crimes this year compared to 29 during all of 2020, according to WABC-TV.