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Oakland Communities Rally Together at Madison Park to Denounce Violence Against Asian Americans A crowd of some 500 people made up of multicultural members from Black, Brown, and other communities gathered in Oakland s Madison Park Saturday afternoon to protest the growing number of attacks against Asian Americans amid the pandemic. The past eleven or so months have seen an increase in physical violence (and verbal racists outbursts, both IRL and online) toward Asian Americans a topic our Madam Vice President addressed just a few days ago. Moreover, the elderly have been particularly targeted in violent attacks as of late; three Asian American seniors were assaulted in Oakland s Chinatown earlier this month and a teenager suspected to be responsible for one of the attacks has since been arrested; a Bayview robbery of a senior Asian American almost a year ago still sits as an uncomfortable example of Black-on-Asian racism.
Oakland rally calls for end to violence against Asian Americans FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Hundreds gather in Madison Square Park in Oakland to call for an end to violence against Asian Americans. Another rally is planned for 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at San Francisco Civic Center.Michael Cabanatuan / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Hundreds gathers in Madison Square Park in Oakland to rally in support of the Asian American community amid a surge of violence.Michael Cabanatuan / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of3 Hundreds gathers in Madison Square Park in Oakland to support the Asian American community.Michael Cabanatuan / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Police are stepping up their patrols and volunteers are increasing their street presence after several violent attacks on older Asians stoked fear in San Francisco Bay Area Chinatowns and subdued the celebratory mood leading up to Lunar New Year.
Police in the San Francisco Bay Area are stepping up patrols and volunteers are increasing their street presence after several violent attacks on older Asians have stoked fear and subdued the celebratory mood leading up to Lunar New Year.
<p><span>OAKLAND, Calif. (February 12, 2021) Police are stepping up their patrols and volunteers are increasing their street presence after several violent attacks on older Asians stoked fear in the San Francisco Bay Area’s Chinatowns and subdued the celebratory mood leading up to Lunar New Year.</span></p>
A Tense Lunar New Year for the Bay Area After Attacks on Asian-Americans The attacks have renewed fears over a wave of anti-Asian violence and harassment that was spurred earlier in the pandemic. Max Leung, second from right, handing out information on how to report a hate crime to a group of men playing cards in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on Thursday.Credit.Jim Wilson/The New York Times The videos are graphic and shocking. In January, a local television station showed footage of a young man sprinting toward, then violently shoving to the ground, a man identified as Vicha Ratanapakdee, 84, who had been out for a morning walk in the Anza Vista neighborhood of San Francisco. He later died.
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