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Asian American and Pacific Islander activists are raising the alarm over a frightening string of hate crimes, which seem to be on the rise since the pandemic began.

‘We’re being scapegoated’: Asian Americans speak out against spate of violence Asian American communities stand up amid string of violent attacks Replay Video Monthanus Ratanapakdee will always remember her father as a gentle soul. Vicha Ratanapakdee had moved to San Francisco from Thailand four years ago to help his daughter and son-in-law, Eric Lawson, take care of their two sons. During that time, he came to be known as “grandpa” throughout his neighborhood, where he’d made it a ritual to go on morning walks each day. On Jan. 28, the 84-year-old was on one of those walks w...

Vicha Ratanapakdee, 84, was fatally assaulted on a San Francisco street. His family says attack was driven by hate. CNN 2/16/2021 © Courtesy Monthanus Ratanapakdee Vicha Ratanapakdee Vichar Ratanapakdee was well-known in his San Francisco neighborhood for his hour-long walks each morning, a ritual that kept him vibrant and healthy during the year of the pandemic. An 84-year-old immigrant from Thailand, Ratanapakdee had recently received the coronavirus vaccine and was walking in the Anza Vista neighborhood the morning of January 28 when a man ran across the street and violently shoved h...

Vichar Ratanapakdee was well-known in his San Francisco neighborhood for his hour-long walks each morning, a ritual that kept him vibrant and healthy during the year of the pandemic.

Asian American and Pacific Islander activists are raising the alarm over a frightening string of hate crimes, which seem to be on the rise since the pandemic began.