Suspect in S.F. stabbing of two Asian women faced assault charges in 2017
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The man accused of stabbing two Asian women Tuesday evening in
San Francisco was previously charged with assault with a deadly weapon in 2017, according to court records reviewed by The Chronicle. The Chronicle
The man accused of stabbing two Asian women Tuesday evening in San Francisco was previously charged with assault with a deadly weapon in 2017, according to court records reviewed by The Chronicle.
A judge subsequently sent the man, Patrick Thompson, to a state hospital after finding he was not competent to face those charges.
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.
S.F. district attorney s office refiles felony assault charges against man shot by police
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A crowd watches a video during a San Francisco police town hall about the 2019 shooting of Jamaica Hampton, who, police say, attacked with a bottle.Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle 2019
Prosecutors have refiled felony assault charges against Jamaica Hampton, the man who was shot by San Francisco police officers in 2019 just after, officials said, he attacked a police officer with a bottle.
The complaint comes two weeks after a San Francisco judge dismissed a case against Hampton citing insufficient evidence.
“We presented evidence of identification, including video evidence, but the judge ruled it was insufficient,” said Rachel Marshall, a spokesperson for the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office.