the call for change goes from the streets where police have escalated and upped their patrols all the way to the state capitol. the pictures are heart breaking. we want to warn you, hard to see. this the fear they are living because they are asian. someone pushed me and hit me. i loose consciousness and when i wake up i m all bloodied up. i didn t even see the person. i didn t loose anything. all my belongings is with me. they didn t rob me soy think it s a hate crime. danny yu chang was walking back to work from lunch when he was attacked monday on market. i can t see on my left eye. hate crimes against asian americans rose 150% in 2020 even as hate crimes overall dropped. this 71-year-old grandmother was pushed to the ground and her purse stolen. yesterday a man was punched for saying good morning and another assault left a 75-year-old dead in oakland last week. for every crime reported, there are more that aren t. it s not just the incredible violence in a number
Violence against Asians spikes in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California has witnessed a surge in anti-Asian violence over the last year.
According to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, San Francisco saw the second largest increase in reports of anti-Asian hate crimes, following New York City. Assaults have more than doubled, increasing by 140 percent between the first quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021.
The skyline of San Francisco, seen from the Coit Tower (Credit: Wikimedia)
There have been several high-profile attacks just since March.
On Tuesday, two elderly Asian women were stabbed at a bus stop in downtown San Francisco. The women, aged 63 and 84, both remained hospitalized as of Wednesday but are expected to survive.
Daylight Attack on 2 Asian Women in San Francisco Increases Fears
The stabbing on Market Street this week and other attacks have caused some older Asian-American residents in the Bay Area to fear going outdoors, community leaders said.
The stabbing of two women at a bus stop in San Francisco on Tuesday has added to the anxiety of the city’s large Asian-American population.Credit.Mike Kai Chen for The New York Times
May 5, 2021Updated 8:15 p.m. ET
SAN FRANCISCO From her flower stand on Market Street, Patricia Lee saw the glint of a large blade and then feathers from a winter jacket fly through the air. An older woman buckled to her knees.
SAN FRANCISCO (NYTIMES) - From her flower stand on Market Street, Patricia Lee saw the glint of a large blade and then feathers from a winter jacket fly through the air. An older woman buckled to her knees.
In broad daylight, on one of the busiest streets in San Francisco, two unsuspecting Asian women, one of them 84, had just been attacked by a man with a large military-style knife, officials and witnesses said. He walked right next to me - I could have been the one who got stabbed, said Lee, who witnessed the attack Tuesday afternoon. Police arrested Patrick Thompson, 54, who they say carried out the attack, although the motive remained unknown.