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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

What’s fueling attacks on elderly Asian Americans in NorCal?

Elderly Asian Americans in the Bay Area have been targets of violence in the past few weeks. In one video , a suspect runs up to an 84-year-old San Francisco resident — who was originally from Thailand — and violently shoves him to the ground.

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By Madeleine Brand • Feb 10, 2021 • 50m Listen

Elderly Asian Americans in the Bay Area have been targets of violence in the past few weeks. In one video, a suspect runs up to an 84-year-old San Francisco resident — who was originally from Thailand — and violently shoves him to the ground. That man died of his injuries. In Oakland’s Chinatown, a 91-year-old man was approached from behind and sent flying to the pavement.

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