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25 May

This 71-year-old Asian Latino man was bitten by a woman & dragged face-down on the pavement for his jade necklace.

He lost 7 teeth & now needs dental implants. He told me “I love Oakland but not anymore.”

#stopasianhate #aapihm #AAPI
(1/4)

Today he met with Carl Chan of the Chinatown Chamber of Commerce who was attacked himself last month.

Carl is not only helping him w/services but encouraged him to speak out to encourage other Asians “not be afraid.”

#StopAAPIHate #StopAsianHate #AAPIHM

There was also a witness named Linda. She told me multiple cars drove around the 71 y/o’s body & NOBODY stopped.

The man is grateful for Linda saying she was a “Good Samaritan to me & I will forever be grateful to her.”

#StopAAPIHate #StopAsianHate

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Dion Lim

@DionLimTV

22 May

“Truly pathetic” Sources tell me charges were dropped in the case of this 75-year old woman who was dragged by her hair & assaulted in an attempted carjacking in the Richmond in March.

I wanted to know why & reached out to Rachel Marshall…

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Here are our emails. (There are more but I can only post 4 at a time) & by now you get the gist of the back-and-forth.

Note: my information is indeed accurate. I reviewed my logs of what I said to the ADA back in March about blurring & they only refer to TV and website video.

The Good Samaritan who saved the senior (punched thru her windshield to scare the suspects) said in part:

“I believe in restorative justice and I understand Chesa has a model but… his way of going about it is not working.” He later said “you lost a fan.”

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Dion Lim

@DionLimTV

21 May

Today the media & community waited for Chesa Boudin outside Fanly Chen’s store in Chinatown

She was attacked & pepper sprayed after stopping a shoplifter

Chesa was supposedly going to visit

Critics say he appears w/AAPIs for “photo ops” so I asked...

1/4 #StopAsianHate #AAPI

Fanly her thoughts: “I don’t care about him use me…I just want to do the right thing”

So we waited. Chesa didn’t show. Ppl f/DA’s office did met w/Fanly tho

They came out & Fanly said something different: she didn’t expect Boudin today.

#StopAsianHate #AAPIHM

(2/4)

Nobody f/the DA’s office who met w/Fanly today wanted to talk.

This is what I emailed Chesa and his communications person shortly after I left the store.

I have yet to receive a response.

(3/4) #StopAAPIHate #AAPIHM

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Dion Lim

@DionLimTV

10 May

As if hearing an 80-year old man cry out for help after getting knocked to the ground in San Leandro isn’t bad enough…

...the suspects are teens as young as 16 and you can hear one laughing loudly.

(1/3) #stopaapihate #aapi

This comes as SLPD report a nearly 300-percent increase in crimes toward AAPI in 2020 vs 2019

The getaway car was seen less than 2 hours later in a strong-armed robbery. Several weeks ago— a rash of burglaries & carjackings by suspected minors

(2/3) #stopaapihate #aapi

SLPD can’t say for certain these are hate-crime/race-motivated they tell me the numbers don’t lie.

They’ve increased patrols & are working w/the DA b/c re-offending is a problem.

BTW: The 80-year old is OK but thinks his attack was hate-motivated.
(3/3) #stopasianhate #AAPi

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Dion Lim

@DionLimTV

8 May

𝗕𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝘄/𝘀𝗰𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀 ✂️ & 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟳

Ben was a guard at a homeless facility where it happened.
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He saw my story & ID’d Thompson right away (1/5)
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#stopasianhate

Ben says if Thompson was beind bars & not on mental health diversion in 2020 — the double stabbing of 2 Asian seniors on Market this week would not have happened.

Mr. Thompson refused to show up at his arraignment today.

So I asked Chesa at court...

#stopaapihate #aapi

…the DA why he blamed the judge for Mr. Thompson’s mental health diversion when as district attorney he could have objected to it.

He side-stepped my question & gave a definition of what mental health diversion is. (3/5)

#stopaapihate #aapi

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Dion Lim

@DionLimTV

6 May

𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚: after much discussion and debate, I am choosing to show you video I obtained from sources of the two Asian senior women were stabbed along Market Street this week.

This was not an easy decision.

Here is why:

(1/5) #StopAsianHate #AAPI

There always has to be a purpose to what is shown. To show context.

In this case my team and I felt like it was important to see what happened so you understand how serious this crime is— as you learn the previous criminal history of the suspect.

#StopAAPIHate #AAPIHM
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Takeaways f/the video:

You can see how calmly the suspect approaches
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There are others in the area but the women are the clear targets.
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A bystander rushed to help. More came shortly after.
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I spoke to one yesterday who cradled Mrs. Fong while SFPD arrived (3/5) #AAPI

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