WEST OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) In West Oakland a woman says she was attacked and her car was stolen on Lunar New Year.
Ari Daoheuang was on her way home after work Friday afternoon when she says four people attacked her.
She says she was pistol-whipped, and that the suspects stole her keys and took off with her car, which is not seen in the video.
She just wants to send a message to the community - speak out if you see something like this happen. It was a neighbor that jumped in to help Ari. The street was full, there were cars everywhere there were two businesses that were open. I think if someone would have. A few people would have opened their windows and said, We see you! We re recording! Pull out your phones or something, there were so many ways people could have made me feel like I wasn t alone, Ari said.
Community groups denounce violence toward Asian Americans in Bay Area and beyond
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OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) When a large, black hearse rolled into Colma s Woodlawn Funeral Home, it marked the end of a long, dignified life taken in the midst of an agonizing racial crisis. I want to talk about what the problem really is. To tell the truth, said Eric Lawson, the son-in-law of 84-year-old Vichan Ratanapakdee, who died after being attacked in Francisco s Anza Vista neighborhood. The community should be able to feel safe walking down the street, said Lawson.
That has not been possible, recently.
Today, eight different Asian community groups denounced hundreds of attacks locally and thousands nationally in the last year, and before that, even.
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) A suspect is now facing charges in connection with an attack on a 91-year-old in Oakland s Chinatown. As this happens, community members are stepping up and some have a strong message.
Volunteers like Jimmy Bounphengsy and Kelley Mea could be seen walking the streets of Oakland Monday night - Specifically, Oakland s Chinatown and the outlying streets after at least three vicious attacks on seniors. Their message is a simple one. We out here trying to protect and I don t want nobody coming over here with a bad intention and try to hurt somebody! We re not about that! says Jimmy Bounphengsy of San Jose. His friend Kelley Mea walked with him and continued that statement saying, We here to make sure nobody is getting robbed!