A man accused of attacking an elderly Asian woman in San Francisco was convicted of a similar crime just last year.
But these kinds of attacks on older members of the Asian community continue to raise concerns.
And in this case, it's especially infuriating for Oakland community leader Carl Chan because the man who's facing felony charges in a San Francisco courtroom Tuesday is the same man who was convicted of attacking him in April 2021 in Oakland. "People nowadays are so afraid walking down the streets because we are seeing so many people, many of these are repeat offenders, walking down the street every single day,” said Chan.What's more, Chan says he was devastated to see that someone in Oakland launched a GoFundMe campaign to help support his attacker.In Friday's attack in San Francisco, DA Jenkins says they're weighing their options on adding a hate crime charge.
"We are still going to be investigating any motive that we can find in this case. We will certainly be looking at the prior incident, to see the facts and prior circumstances of that. But at this time, we have not charged that enhancement,” said Jenkins. The San Francisco District Attorney's Office has requested that Ramsey be held in jail, until his trial.
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