โ ๏ธ ๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ก๐: ๐๐ซ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐๐จ๐๐๐ โ ๏ธ Uber driver Subhakar told me he picked up 3 women in the Bayview yesterday & after asking one to wear a mask was subject to slurs, taunting & one grabbing his phone.
Heโs taking a few days off.
SFPD is investigating.
UPDATE: An Uber spokesperson sent me this statementโ โThe behavior seen in the video is appalling. The rider no longer has access to Uber.โ
UPDATE: Subhakar shared these images with me detailing how Uber offered him $20 to clean his car after one of the riders, according to SFPD sprayed what is believed to be pepper spray in his car.
Uber then offered him $40. In the end he was given $120 for his ordeal.
UPDATE: an early Uber investor @cyantist has started a @gofundme for Subhakar. She was appalled to learn Uber initially offered $20 & ultimately $120 for his experience. gofund.me/a4dfbf0f
I called Subhakar to check in & ask how he kept his his cool during the ordeal.
"Because that is our culture. We respect & listen & that's all I could do"
He also thanks everyone for their support & says he'll send much of his @gofundme $ to his wife & 8-year old in Nepal.
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โValeriaโ thought she was going to be raped after she was attacked & dragged into a homeless encampment.
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She escaped & her alleged assailant arrested.
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2+ months later the same man was arrested for raping a woman in a parking garage. (1/3)
Suspect Allen Stewart was wearing an ankle monitor during the rape.
Valeria came to the US f/Mexico 17 years ago & told me โI thought the US was safe.ย I want that for my daughter.ย I want my daughter as a woman to be successful &...to dream w/o being assaulted.โ (2/3)
Valeria told me:
โI want genuine help for myself and for the other people that he assaulted. I want him to stay in jail.โ
My email to the DAโs office & to Chesa Boudin on Thursday (originally was to air Friday) asking why Stewart was out w/ ankle monitor was not answered.
๐๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ: Ari told me she was coming home from work Friday afternoon when she was attacked by 4 people along Union Street in West Oakland. She says she was pistol-whipped, her keys and car then stolen.
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When we talked tonightโshe said she
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wasnโt angry at the suspects. Despite 2 flashing guns she actually tried to diffuse the situation by telling them there were cameras and people all around.
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She just wants this message to get out: speak out if you see something like this happening. Donโt just watch. (2/3)
Finally one man stopped after the ordeal ended and helped her.
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Ari says she worked 3 jobs to pay for her car right out of high school and would like it back. Itโs a white 2015 Toyota Carolla S with plates 7LYN600. She has filed a police report (3/3)
BREAKING: โPlease donโt hurt my kidsโ Sean & Winnifred Fang are 4 & almost 2. Their dad says they were kidnapped when a man stole his van while delivering food in Pacific Heights.
Dad says kids speak only Mandarin. SFPD issuing Amber Alert shortly.
This happened in the 2100 block of Jackson around 8:45 tonight.
@SFPD confirm theyโre looking for a silver Honda Odyssey with 7FPK543 plates.
FOUND! @SFPD say the kids are safe but are getting medical out just as a precaution. Waiting on details about what happened. So, so relieved.
Police say Jerry Lyons (pictured here) was driving a stolen car, on drugs when he hit and killed Sheria, who was out for a jog.
Hannah went searching for Sheria when he didnโt come home.
When she got to the lake she said โI just hyperventilated.โ
Sheriaโs mentor says he was brilliant. A Dartmouth grad, top 3% in his class. Speaks 5 languages and wanted to teach their 3-year old son Theo Swahli.
He had bid dreams of one day buying a house in Kenya to be with his family there part of the year.
โ ๏ธ WARNING: this video is hard to watch. Another shocking attack in Oaklandโs Chinatown. 8th and Harrison Streets. Outside the Asian Resource Center.
20+ robbery/assault incidents in the neighborhood according to the Chinatown Chamber president.