{"id":163799,"date":"2021-02-23T09:53:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T14:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=163799"},"modified":"2021-02-23T10:29:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T15:29:43","slug":"activists-protest-white-supremacy-after-black-man-arrested-for-attack-on-asian-man-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activists-protest-white-supremacy-after-black-man-arrested-for-attack-on-asian-man-in-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists Protest \u2018White Supremacy\u2019 After Black Man Arrested For Attack On Asian Man In San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Factivists-protest-white-supremacy-after-black-man-arrested-for-attack-on-asian-man-in-san-francisco%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=163799&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-182702199.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Activists in New York City joined residents of California\u2019s Bay Area and marched against \u201cwhite supremacy\u201d over the weekend after a black man was arrested in connection with a high-profile attack on an elderly Thai immigrant, Vicha Ratanapakdee, that left the man dead.<\/p>\n<p>The attack, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/suspect-arrested-in-deadly-attack-on-84-year-old-man-in-san-francisco\">captured in shocking detail by a nearby surveillance camera<\/a>, was the latest in a string of violent attacks against Asian-Americans and Asian immigrants in and around San Francisco, California, and prompted a national call to address racism against the Asian community. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DionLimTV\/status\/1357410040462733312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1357410040462733312%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhotair.com%2Farchives%2Fjohn-s-2%2F2021%2F02%2F22%2Fshocking-attacks-elderly-asians-left-holds-rally-white-supremacy%2F\">According to local media<\/a>, there have been \u201c20+\u201d attacks in the city\u2019s Chinatown neighborhood alone in the past several weeks. At least one similar attack <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/crime\/filipino-american-man-recounts-brutal-attack-with-box-cutter-on-n-y-c-subway-nobody-helped\/\">happened in New York City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In order to bring national attention to the issue, activists in New York City organized a march on Saturday, in support of ending \u201cwhite supremacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral hundred people from the Washington Square Park \u2018Unite Against White Nationalism\u2019 rally are now marching through Chelsea. This protest is in response to anti-Asian\/AAPI violence happening in New York and across the country,\u201d an activist account associated with the movement tweeted on Saturday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Several hundred people from the Washington Square Park &#8220;Unite Against White Nationalism&#8221; rally are now marching through Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>This protest is in response to anti-Asian\/AAPI violence happening in New York and across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qy3kG3tRiK\">pic.twitter.com\/Qy3kG3tRiK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NYC Protest Updates (@protest_nyc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/protest_nyc\/status\/1363230804143398918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It was the second such march in a week; the first, in Oakland, California, also drew dozens of supporters, many of them carrying signs demanding that racism be stamped out, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/Oakland-rally-calls-for-end-to-violence-against-15949838.php\">according to the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Around the same time as the Oakland rally, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who represents the Bay Area, and Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) also denounced the \u201cwhite supremacy\u201d that ostensibly led to these attacks \u2014 and even called out former President Donald Trump, specifically, for his decision to use the term \u201cChina virus\u201d to refer to COVID-19, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/539613-pelosi-lawmakers-denounce-violence-against-asian-americans\">according to The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we celebrate the Lunar New Year, a source of joy, it\u2019s also a source of pain for us at this time because of all of these incidents,\u201d Pelosi said at a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe warned that spreading xenophobia would put lives at risk. But our pleas and the guidance from experts were ignored,\u201d Chu added. \u201cDonald Trump and Republicans doubled down on using slurs like \u2018Wuhan virus,\u2019 \u2018China plague\u2019 and \u2018Kung flu.\u2019 And that tactic succeeded in promoting the stigma that directed people\u2019s anger at Asian Americans. What started as dirty looks and verbal assaults has escalated to physical attacks and violence against innocent Asian Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear, however, whether there is a tie between \u201cwhite supremacy\u201d and the growing number of attacks in largely Asian communities. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/teen-facing-murder-pleads-not-guilty-in-death-of-elder\/\">the San Francisco Examiner<\/a>, the man arrested in connection with the high-profile Bay Area attack is a black teenager \u2014 and officials have not said that the attack was motivated by race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAntoine Watson, a 19-year-old resident of Daly City, made his first court appearance at the Hall of Justice after being taken into custody Saturday in what police have described as an \u2018unprovoked\u2019 attack on Vicha Ratanapakdee,\u201d the outlet reported last week. \u201cAuthorities say Watson rushed across a street and pushed Ratanapakdee to the ground near Anzavista and Fortuna avenues last Thursday at around 8:28 a.m, causing him to hit his head on the pavement and slide into a garage door. Ratanapakdee died Saturday as a result of his injuries after being taken to a hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, police noted that \u201cthere is no evidence the attack was a hate crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/prolific-offenders-help-drive-46-surge-in-sf-burglaries\/\">Examiner notes that crime is up across the board in the Bay Area<\/a>, and \u201cprolific offenders\u201d have helped to drive a shocking 46% rise in the number of burglaries in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Teen Vogue writer and progressive activist Kim Tran tried to draw the connection between the attack that killed Vicha Ratanapakdee, the subsequent arrest, and the concept of \u201cwhite supremacy\u201d on social media last week, suggesting that attacks that occur between minority communities are prompted by systemic racism that pits people of color against each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen, if you don\u2019t understand why it\u2019s problematic to offer 25k for information about a Black man in Oakland, I need you to stay off all the goddamned panels,\u201d she said, referring to the reward posted for Ratanapakdee\u2019s attacker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the moment we need to ask ourselves, to what end?\u201d she added, referring to the hunt to find the attackers. \u201cIf it was for an accountability process, okay, but I highly doubt that. Lastly, this looks a lot like a bounty on a Black person funded by Asian American celebrities. I have major, major doubts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activists in New York City joined residents of California\u2019s Bay Area and marched against \u201cwhite supremacy\u201d over the weekend after a black man was arrested in connection with a high-profile &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274011,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-182702199.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Activists Protest \u2018White Supremacy\u2019 After Black Man Arrested For Attack On Asian Man In San Francisco","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-182702199.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Activists Protest \u2018White Supremacy\u2019 After Black Man Arrested For Attack On Asian Man In San Francisco","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}