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Asian American Father Walking With 1-Year-Old Son in Stroller Repeatedly Pun ched in SF
An Asian American father was waiting to cross the street with his 1-year-old child when a man approached and hit him from behind in San Francisco on Friday.
What happened: Bruce, 36, was outside of Gus’s Community Market by the intersection of 4th and Channel streets around 2 p.m. in Mission Bay when he was punched from behind and knocked to the ground.
In a surveillance video, the male suspect, identified as Sidney Hammond, can be seen pummeling Bruce more than a dozen times as the stroller carrying his child rolled away.
Hammond continued to try to hit Bruce as police officers patrolling the area arrested him.
Bruce told ABC7’s Dion Lim his “sense of security was shattered.”
Authorities reported the child was unhurt and Bruce was treated for “non-life-threatening injuries.”
More details: Hammond faces charges of "assault, false imprisonment and child endangerment," reported CBS SF.
The 26-year-old was arrested one month prior at the same location for a separate assault and theft after allegedly stealing from Gus’s Community Market, shoving a man onto the MUNI train tracks and hurt someone’s knee, Lim shared on Twitter.
Authorities said the attack appeared to be "random and likely not motivated by anti-Asian racism,” reported Newsweek.
The incident being racially motivated did cross Bruce’s mind, especially with the rise of anti-Asian violence over the past year and how random his attack was, he told Lim.
Featured Image Screenshot via ABC 7 (left), @bett_yu (right)
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NYPD Seeks Help Identifying Suspect Who Repeatedly Punched Asian Man at Queens Subway
The NYPD needs help in identifying a suspect who allegedly assaulted an Asian man inside a Queens subway station last month.
What happened: The unidentified man approached the 22-year-old victim while inside the Queens Plaza subway station at around 1:30 p.m. on April 18, according to amNY.
The suspect allegedly punched the man in the back and chest before fleeing in an unknown direction.
The suspect was seen wearing a white Adidas hoodie.
Police said the victim refused medical attention even though he was hurt in the attack, Patch reported.
Rising crime rate in NYC: Police data compiled by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at CSUSB revealed that New York City is the most populous city in the U.S. with the highest recorded bias crimes against Asian Americans in the first quarter of 2021.
The city experienced a 223% increase from the same period in 2020 which had 13 reported hate crimes.
The recent incident follows days after a Filipina woman was subjected to racism at a boutique in Forest Hills, Queens.
The NYPD has set up to $2,500 reward for tips on finding the suspect. Anyone with information on the attack should contact the NYPD Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS or send a private message at NYPDTips on Twitter.
Police Arrest Suspect Behind Stabbing of Two Elderly Asian Women in SF
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to include a GoFundMe to help the Eng family with medical expenses.
A man suspected to be behind the stabbing of two elderly Asian women in San Francisco on Tuesday is now in police custody.
What happened: The violent attack happened at a bus stop in the area of 4th and Stockton streets shortly before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, according to NBC Bay Area.
The suspect, 54, walked up to the victims who were waiting for the bus, stabbed them and casually walked away from the scene, witnesses told KPIX5's Betty Yu. Another witness said she saw the man walk up to the victims while clutching a knife.
The suspect, whose name is still being withheld by the police, attacked the two women from behind. He attacked the 65-year-old woman first, slashing her across the back and elbow.
Chui Fong Eng, 85, the second victim, was stabbed through her arm and into her chest, said her grandson, Drew Eng.
Officers arrested the suspect about two hours after the attack on the 600 block of Eddy Street.
District Attorney Chesa Boudin and San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney took to Twitter to condemn the recent violent attack.
Other details: Eng said his grandmother just finished shopping in Chinatown before the attack happened. The two victims did not know each other.
Both victims were taken to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. They underwent surgery to treat their injuries.
According to Haney, the two victims are now “out of surgery and stable.”
Authorities have yet to call the recent attack a hate crime but said they are not ruling it out.
Charges against the man are still pending. Assault with a deadly weapon and elder abuse are possibilities, reported ABC7.
Anyone with information about the attack can contact San Francisco police by calling 415-575-4444 or texting TIP411 with the message “SFPD.”
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