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๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฌ-๐—ฌ/๐—ข ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป & ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜… ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ.

Warning: Iโ€™ve seen many attacks but this incident is next-level heinous.
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๐Ÿงตโฌ‡๏ธ #stopaapihate
1 suspect asks her for the time. She shows her โŒš๏ธ b/c she doesnโ€™t speak Engl. She realizes the group is โ€œup to no goodโ€ so she runs into the elevator.

The susps follow her & search her. They find an iPhone7. When Mrs. Ren refuses to give it up, sheโ€™s assaulted. #StopAsianHate
When the 4 take her phone & leave Mrs. Ren tries to hide in a nearby hallway.

But the susps come back AGAIN & take her keys. They do not touch her earrings or watch. She has no wallet

The 4 appear to take turns attacking her. She couldnโ€™t get out of bed today. #StopAAPIHate
Note: I am in awe of this familyโ€™s bravery. They did not hesitate to speak to me. Mrs. Renโ€™s daughter Mrs. Zheng says she follows my reporting on #StopAAPIHate & never imagined meeting me under these circumstances.

Complete story โฌ‡๏ธ
abc7ne.ws/3Q95g1R

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Jul 19
๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š โš ๏ธ this video provided to me by Kon โ€œPatrickโ€ Fungโ€™s family is stunning & disturbing.

2 suspects approach 52-y/o Fong & demand he get out. When he doesnโ€™t he is shot & killed.

The whole thing took less than 5 secs Sunday AM.

(Thread โฌ‡๏ธ) #StopAAPIHate #Oakland
Patrick drove for Uber. โ€œItโ€™s b/c of his job, his hard work that he got killed.โ€

This crime happened close to Little Saigon which has been hit hard by crime & violence.

โ€œWhy us? We are hard workingโ€ฆwhy are we being targeted over and over again?โ€ said Judy. #StopAAPIHate
This family is demanding changes. Fungโ€™s brother Ivan says:

โ€œThereโ€™s far too much gun violence. If the gvt can put 2gether restrictions on gun control itโ€™ll help our society.โ€

This @gofundme was set up to help w/funeral expenses bit.ly/3B3rXQH

#StopAAPIHate #Oakland
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Jun 15
This 90-year old w/dementia was home w/2 grandsons when men jumped over a fence & entered the sunroom in an attempted home invasion.

This is 1 of 5 sim incidents Iโ€™ve reported on in 2 wks in S. San Jose.

โ€œI felt like I failed to secure the home.โ€ Says 1 grandson. Thread โฌ‡๏ธ
The crooks left the crowbar theyโ€™re holding in the backyard. Nobody was hurt in this incident.

The same day tho an 83-y/o grandpa was not so lucky. He was at home during a home invasion robbery & hit on the head & taken to the hospital.

#StopAAPIHate abc7ne.ws/3MS0e7K
Just yesterday 2 men (at least 1 dressed like a mail carrier) invaded the home of a couple in their 60โ€™s.

Their daughter said the men pistol-whipped her mom twice & held dad against his will.

You can see one man pull out a long object f/his bag. abc7ne.ws/3MS0e7K
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Jun 14
Little Saigon in Oakland is under attack DAILY.

Now dozens of mostly refugee-owned business owners say they want the city to stop ignoring the robberies, arsons, break-ins & attacks.

โ€œWhen did my life become so undervalued?โ€ says Lele Quach.

(Thread โฌ‡๏ธ) #StopAAPIHate
This woman owns a cigarette store & says sheโ€™s been robbed 7xs. A truck also rammed into her shop. You can still see tire marks.

Trinh Le even sleeps on the floor of his jewelry store because heโ€™s has 10 break-ins in one year & has to be his own security guard. #StopAsianHate
Nearly two dozen business owners met w/me today to share their stories & videos hoping the city will pay attention to Little Saigon like they do to Chinatown.

Here is the Quickly being robbed.

They want cameras, volunteer patrols, more police presence. abc7ne.ws/3QmAMKL
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Jun 13
This man in his 60โ€™s was carjacked & dragged on the pavement in Oaklandโ€™s Chinatown 8th & Jackson this afternoon.

He left his keys in the car while picking up a bag of rice & the suspect got in the car.

The victim runs over & holds on to the vehicle. (Thread โฌ‡๏ธ) #StopAAPIHate
You can see the man suffered abrasions to many parts of his body including his face.

Thankfully two volunteer patrol groups & civilians stopped to translate, call 9-1-1 & render aid. OPD arrived minutes later as they were doing patrols nearby at the time.

#StopAsianHate ImageImageImage
Carl Chan, Oakland Chinatown Chamber pres said โ€œppl think crime is down especially [pertaining to] #aapi hate. It seems like itโ€™s slowing down but itโ€™s not. Report to PDโ€ฆlet ppl know these incidents happen in our community.โ€

(PS: This patrol member is thankfully a doctor.) Image
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Jun 10
These 82 & 72 y/os were tied up, mouths taped shut & shoved in a bathroom for 2 hrs while their San Jose home was ransacked.

The suspects even used the coupleโ€™s cell phone to call a translator to get their ATM PIN.

I have NEVER heard of that before. #StopAsianHate Thread โฌ‡๏ธ
They showed me how multiple attackers jumped over a fence, entered (while they were resting/watching Chinese soap operas) bound their wrists with their own belts.

The 82-year old man was hit on the head with a gun & a knife put to his throat.

#StopAAPIHate #StopAsianHate
Their car was then stolen & used in this home invasion the same day. (I shared this vid earlier this week.)

The homes are just 1 mile apart.

In that case, a man was w/his sleeping 15-month old when the group of 5 or 6 held him at gunpoint & kidnapped him & took him to an ATM.
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Jun 5
Sagar was getting food around 11pm last Sat outside the Fox Theater in Oakland when he felt something hit the back of his head.

He lost consciousness & woke up in the hospital the next day bruised & beaten. His belongings inc wallet & phone were gone #StopAAPIHate (thread) โฌ‡๏ธ
Sagar & his GF think he was targeted b/c he is Nepalese. She told me:
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"๐˜‰/๐˜ค ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ."

I asked Sagar why he wanted to speak out. #StopAsianHate
"๐˜ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง/๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ."

Police have not determined if this is a hate crime. But ask anyoneโ€ฆ
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