Violence on Asian Americans



Recent attacks on Asian American community in San Francisco have sparked anger in the Asian community. In San Francisco, there is a large number of Asian Americans living in the city. Some of them have been victims of African American violence against the Asian Americans. Earlier in May, a large rally gathered in front of City Hall in San Francisco to deal with the violence of Asian Americans. There were protests signs saying "Stop the Violence," "Asians are not punching bags." In San Francisco, there have been at least three recent attacks against Asian Americans at or near San Francisco Municipal Railway T-Third light rail stops. One of the victims, 83-year-old Huan Chen, died in March after being beaten at a bus stop near Third Street and Oakdale Avenue.



Police Chief George Gascón held a town hall meeting Tuesday May 11 that was supposed to focus on crime against Asian Americans. The response from many African Americans was, "Where were you when we were the victims?"Gascón brought his top brass and San Francisco's chief hate-crimes prosecutor to Southeast Community College in the Bayview district and spoke about new crime-prevention efforts in response to a wave of violence, including the killing of an 83-year-old Chinese American. In response to demands by some Asian Americans for hate-crime prosecutions, Gascón renewed his assertion that the attacks have been "mostly crimes of opportunity" that were not motivated by race.