๐๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐: This woman is now blind in one eye after getting hit by a random paintball attack early Sat morning.
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Zoe is a colorist a Spoke & Weal & will be out of work at least a month.
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She told me she & her partner were waiting for a ride in the Sunsetโฆ (1/4)
โฆafter Outsidelands.
Zoe & her boyfriend say someone driving by hit them multiple times and sped away.
Here are photos of Zoeโs healing process.
SFPD is investigating. (2/4)
Zoe says every day is touch and go. Her ophthalmologist canโt say if sheโll ever get her sight back, itโs just too early.
Last year at least 4 people have been hit by paintballs in Bernal Heights. A 19-y/o also shot at a pregnant woman in Marin around the same time. (3/4)
Will share a link to the full story shortly. Am working on the Haight homicide/shooting today too.
In the meantime, here is a @gofundme Zoe's partner set up to help her with medical bills, prescriptions and lost wages from missing work. bit.ly/3CQA5lH
๐ฉ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ต & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ: the Providence Christian womenโs team van was broken into Weds while taking a hike break in Lands End.
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Ab 10 suitcases were stolen.
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They were passing through on their way to a tournament in Redding (1/4) #SanFrancisco
Little did they know a woman found their discarded belongings several blocks away.
She told her neighbor Mark who brought all the items back to his home.
He found the coachโs number in a bag &
the team picked up their gear & items just in time for their game (2/4) #crime
Mark says he does this to help SFPD trying to reunite items โI do this to motivate more neighbors & inspire and encourage others to do it.โ
The coach was proud of his players for staying positive during the frustrating ordeal. Even dancing & making a rap! (3/4) #SanFrancisco
๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ "๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐บ" ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐: โ๐๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ถ๐ต.โ
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BMW owner Bill brought his car to Americaโs Tire in Santa Clara in Sept. (1/4)
He says the car came back with a crack in the windshield and a nick in the paint.
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When he checked the dash cam video he was shocked to see the workers rev the engine, laugh, talk about throwing car parts & then mock Bill using an Asian accent. (2/4) #bmw#StopAAPIHate
After Billโs friend w/ 219K followers on IG posted the video Bill says AT offered him a new set of tires & $5K & asked for the video to be removed.
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I went to the shop where the incident happened & learned the two employees are no longer working for the company. I alsoโฆ (3/5)
๐๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ช/๐๐ถ๐ ๐ข๐๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ: someone who knows the man told me the victim is mid/late 60โs, ESL & has a speech impairment.
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This happened just a couple hours ago around Larkin & OโFarrell in San Francisco.#StopAsianHate#StopAAPIHate (1/3)
The suspect even BREAKS the cane & leaves for a moment then returns & appears to rob the senior.
The victim has to be taken to the hospital and Iโm told the suspect was arrested.
On a human noteโ I see a lot of this s**t as a reporter.
While it is ALL awful, there is something especially egregious that makes me sick about crimes targeting the elderly who use need help walking. I canโt help but think of this:
๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข: Oakland woman shields 69y/o man as he is attacked w/a caneโโ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต.โ
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Mychelle was riding the bus 4/26 when a man starts yelling & hits Mr. Hua Lin in the head (1/5) #StopAsianHate
Mychelle blocks the man f/Mr. Lin, pushes Mr. Lin against the Plexiglass to protect him.
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She then tells the driver to stop, jumps out, flags down an ambulance & chases the perp while recording w/her cell.
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The man comes back to attack Mychelle! But Mr. Lin is safe. #oakland
I visited Mr. Lin and his daughter after the incident. He was having trouble seeing and sleeping.
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This incident happened the same day Oakland Chinatown Chamber president Carl Chan was attacked by someone else.
Carl was on his way to check on Mr. Lin. #StopAAPIHate (3/5)
๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป & ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑโ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ด: โ๐ธ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐?โ
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Thien was w/ his kids Weds PM when a man asks him what kind of flag is on his house (1/4)
This is the flag. Itโs a dinosaur. Thien bought it for his 3y/o son.
Thien thought the man was asking ab his โTagaโ brand bike. Taga sounds like Tagalog, which is spoken in the Philippines. (Thien is Vietnamese.)
The man then starts calling Thien all kinds of thingsโฆ (2/4)
โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฐ, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ.โ
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The man threatens to come back.
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Hours later a 2.5lb weight is thrown thru Thienโs car window & landed in-between his kidsโ car seats (3/4)#StopAsianHate
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐น: โ๐ธโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐.โ
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Ms. Lau works at The Coconut on T in Sacramento.
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Sat night, she told me a regular customer was โฆ(1/4) #StopAAPIHate
โฆ waiting for his to-go order and wanted a beer in a cold glass.
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The restaurant was out so she offered him a regular to-go cup instead.
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Ms. Lau says he yelled โYou are such a bitch you are horribleโ before you see what appears to be the man throw a cup at Lau.
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When Lauโs friend intervened you can see she was not only thrown to the ground but punched.
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Lau can be seen chasing after the man & throwing an object to get him to leave. She filed a police report online.
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Both women are physically okay. Lau plans to press charges. (3/4)