February 5th, 2021
THE ATTACK ON AN 84-YEAR-OLD THAI MAN
TW: Violence, Assault
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Credits
Author: Mina
Editor: Aparna Sivaraman
Layout: Abigail Jung
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Credits
Author: Mina
Editor: Aparna Sivaraman
Layout: Abigail Jung
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84-year-old native Thai man, Vicha Ratanapadkdee, was brutally attacked in San Francisco, California last Thursday around 8:30 a.m. Surveillance footage shows Ratanapadkdee getting knocked out by 19-year-old Antonie Watson. The footage showed Watson charging at Ratanapadkdee, then leaving with a woman afterward. Paramedics immediately rushed Ratanapadkdee to the hospital, where he passed away two days later. Last Saturday, around 8:45 p.m., assaulter Antonie Watson was arrested. The woman seen later on in the surveillance footage, identified as Malaysia Goo, was also detained for being an accessory to the attempted murder. Ratanapadkdee’s family believes the attack was racially motivated, due to the rise of attacks on Asians all around the world because of hateful sentiment towards Asians caused by COVID-19.
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