Vicha and his first grandson, Titus Lawson, in 2009. Video footage played during witness testimony this week shows Antoine Watson . The support was overwhelming and odd. On the same day, Watson was apprehended at his home in Daly City along with 20-year-old Maylasia Goo . He ordered one after Vichas death, along with a few cans of pepper spray and security cameras he installed around their apartment. Monthanus and Eric voted for him. The number of submissions grew steadily throughout the year, reaching a total of 2,800 by the end of 2020. Instead, he paused for a moment and turned right, as though whatever caught his eye made him decide to change course. She turned around to my son and said, Eff you, little boy. Each incident left her in shock and compelled her to attend the vigil. When they got home, he pulled out her phone, and instead of putting on his usual cartoons, he scrolled through her photos. Antoine Watson of Daly City, age 21, was arrested for Murder Assault w/Deadly Weapon Or Assault w/Force Likely To Produce GBI Elder Or Dependent Adult Abuse in San Francisco County, California on January 30, 2021 by San Francisco County Sheriff. After her sons Zoom classes on Jan. 28, Monthanus began to worry about where her father was. At the first rally, a month earlier in March, several hundred people gathered here in support of her family. The killing of Vicha was so plain as day, said Will Lex Ham, a New York-based actor, who after watching the video flew from New York to San Francisco to help lead protests and safety patrols in Asian neighborhoods. They scrubbed the sidewalk with brushes and wondered why no one from the city had come to do the same. Antoine didnt wake up Jan. 28, 2021, with the idea of shoving somebody down and killing them, regardless of their race or gender. eventAction: 'view' Watson allegedly carried out the deadly attack on senior citizen Vicha Ratanapakdee in the city's Anza Vista neighborhood on January 28, 2021. As two bailiffs escorted Antoine out, the young man in the back left the courtroom and returned with a baby in his arms. Breed said that she had the support of both the police department and the District Attorney's office in her stance. She shut the laptop and told Titus to leave the room. So we created our own website. (The California attorney generals office collects data on hate crimes in the state but not other cases involving verbal harassment, for example, which often dont constitute crimes.). ga('ads.send', { who was violently pushed and killed by Antoine Watson in . }); Thats not who he is. Steiner, who was Antoines elementary-school principal, said he needed mental-health support, not prison time. Monthanus wailed softly. Through her organization, Hollins, who lost two brothers to homicide in the last decade, assists victims of crime and lobbies to increase support services provided by the state. This unfortunate assault has to do with a break in the mental health of a teenager. Patrol officers' body camera footage of the encounter led officers to later identify Watson as the suspect in the murder of Ratanapakdee. Why was no one intervening? By then, Boudin had told reporters that there was no evidence from the police suggesting that Vichas death was motivated by racial animus. It's not clear Watson's motivation. I know thats totally crazy, he said, but I get that feeling sometimes. (CBS), deadly attack of Vicha Ratanapakdee in the city's Anza Vista neighborhood on January 28, pled not guilty to charges of murder and elder abuse causing death, and that any perpetrators would "be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,", Public File for KBCW-TV / KBCW 44 Cable 12. Police pulled over and handcuffed Antoine Watson hours before he allegedly killed an 84-year-old Thai man in San Francisco's Anza Vista neighborhood last year, according to a timeline that . Wans group, Community Youth Center, responded by opening a new office in Bayview-Hunters Point, where the attacks occurred. pg.acq.push(function() { Give him a chance, she could hear her father saying. This comes after the news made national headlines amid growing concerns about rising anti-Asian sentiment during the pandemic and attacks against Asian American elders. In November, another old man spat in her direction as her sons rode their scooters by the bay. Mr. Vichas cremated remains have been placed in two urns. Several people suggested that there was more to the video that went viral, which prompted Monthanus to walk around the block to knock on neighbors doors and ask if they would share their security-camera footage. College students, high schoolers and middle schoolers organized or attended rallies in their hometowns. Monthanus and Eric had been busy arranging her fathers funeral while fielding phone calls and messages from family, friends and strangers. The family of the 84-year-old San Francisco man killed in a seemingly random attack believes it was a racist act. Breed spoke of the shock she felt seeing the brutal assault of Ratanapakdee on video and offered her sympathies to the family. In the next life, I hope Ill get to be your daughter again. Monthanus didnt always agree with her father, but she loved his spirit. by Anh L. She thought about Antoine, knowing there were people in his life who loved him. (His mother is Mexican, and he identifies as mixed race; strangers often assume he is white. Considering him being 19 or even older now, he is no longer a child and is capable enough to keep his hands to himself. Antoine Watson previously pleaded not guilty to murder and elder abuse charges for the daylight attack on Anza . She guessed he would have walked in a clockwise loop from their building she often suggested he take that route because it included an uphill stretch that would help him get some cardio. His brother, Surachai Ratanapakdee, 89, now the only surviving sibling of eight children, remembered Mr. Vicha as studious and curious about the world outside the rice paddies, watermelon fields and orchards of the family farm. About an hour later, Mr. Vicha, an 84-year-old retired auditor from Thailand, was violently slammed to the ground by a man who charged into him at full speed. Monthanus gave the nurse her fathers name, his medical-record number and his six prescriptions, which included a high dose of blood thinners. hitType: 'event', Their landlord had sent a series of noise complaints and eviction warnings. I kept my promise, Dad, she said. Vicha had lost so much blood by then that even if a second operation succeeded, he would almost certainly lose his most basic functions for the rest of his life. 19-year-old Antoine Watson, pushing . hitType: 'event', Watson, the court documents state, had been cited for "reckless driving, speeding and failure to stop at a stop sign" in the hours before the attack. His killing came at a time when other disturbing images and reports were emerging from across the San Francisco Bay. Sliman Nawabi, a deputy public defender representing Watson, disputed the perception that the attack was racially motivated. }) Monthanus squatted and scrubbed as her mother poured a jug of water over the concrete, the headlights shining behind them. She is a 2021-22 Knight-Wallace reporting fellow at the University of Michigan and an inaugural recipient of the American Mosaic Journalism Prize. The neighborhood of Anza Vista, tucked on a hilltop away from traffic, was usually quiet. Mr. Watsons lawyer, Sliman Nawabi, a public defender, said his client would not have been able to identify Mr. Vichas ethnicity through his face mask, cap and winter clothing. California lawmakers have approved$1.4 million in state funds to help Asian Americans report hate incidents following the recent uptick. They will all be together.. Two days after the attack, Ms. Monthanus and her mother went to the spot where Mr. Vicha was killed and saw that his blood still stained the pavement. In each case, the suspects were Black. Antoine Watson, a 19-year-old resident of Daly City, made his first court appearance at the Hall of Justice after being taken into custody . First published on February 8, 2021 / 3:17 PM. I believe people are better than the worst things they have done," said Breed. Antoine Watson, with murder and 20-year-old female friend, Maylasia Goo . Im not a cop. Titus, dressed in a black suit and a pair of his grandfathers leather loafers that fit tight around his growing feet, chased his little brother around the deck. Shortly after Vicha was pronounced dead, Monthanuss phone rang. The San Francisco District Attorney has filed murder charges and elder abuse causing death charges against the 19-year-old suspect in the case, Antoine Watson, calling the crime a "brutal . He graduated from Ithaca College with a Bachelors of Science in Television-Radio. eventAction: 'click_adunit' How could it have been prevented? His comments tugged at a bigger, messier debate about race that had been building around the attacks. Antoine Watson, a 19-year-old resident of neighboring Daly City, was arrested two days after the attack and charged with . Someone had been falsely claiming to reporters that he was Vichas son and spoke on behalf of the family about what would happen to his remains. Months before the country went into lockdown, Russell Jeung, a professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University, came down with a bad case of the flu. And in a way I kind of am. She was a Thai immigrant living in Alameda a diverse town, she said. The group filed out to the edge of the deck. San Francisco News, Restaurants . The grandmother of a teen who senselessly pushed and killed a Thai grandfather has said her grandson should walk free. The hearing was brief and procedural; a trial date has yet to be set. Believe Attack Was Racially Motivated., Amanda Nguyen, a prominent activist, shared Sernoffskys report. What kind of person would do this? Security footage showed the assailant R On January 29, 2021, investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Watson for 245(a)1 PC - Assault with a Deadly Weapon and 368(b)1 PC - Elder Abuse causing . His 20-year-old accomplice who was in the car at the time was also arrested. ", ABC7's Dion Lim spoke with Ratanapakdee's family that said a temper tantrum is "no excuse" for murdering someone. There is outrage over San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin's description of the man police say pushed over and killed an 84-year-old in San Francisco. The future me, the real me, says, I wish we could forgive everybody, and everybody should acknowledge this bad thing happened. And right now it feels like, maybe, his family sees me as an enemy. The video was taken from the same angle as the clip that everyone saw, only this footage was longer. First published on February 4, 2021 / 6:00 AM. Then one day, after knocking on a neighbors door to ask about their surveillance footage, she returned to her car to find Troy crying in the back seat. Who is Antoine Watson? These laws can add time to an underlying sentence; in California, they can extend a sentence by three years. Mourners have left flowers and condolences by a garage door at the spot where Mr. Vicha was attacked in the Anza Vista neighborhood of San Francisco. One witness at the scene told officers that he saw . People are grieving. For a short while, Monthanus half believed it, too. His death helped awaken the nation to a rise in anti-Asian violence. She thought about her father in the back of the car with the kids, their banter when she got ready for work in the morning. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), In the footage, Ratanapakdee, who was originally from Thailand, can be seen walking in the driveway of a house when the suspect suddenly sprinted towards him and knocked him to the ground before casually walking away in the same direction he came from. June 18, 2022. Police . Only one agreed. But I dont want it to be like that. At a vigil in Madison Park in Oakland the week after the Atlanta shootings, a mother stood with her young son, holding a sign with Vichas face on it. Last year Ms. Monthanus, Mr. Vichas daughter, was twice accosted on the street by people who told her to leave the country because, the attackers said, Asians had caused the coronavirus. I think he has to pay for what he did. Monthanuss body went numb. eventAction: 'load' MEAWW brings you the best content from its global team of Kevin Kunishi is an American photographer living in Oakland, Calif., who is known for creating long-form projects that explore aftermath, trauma and identity. She tried calling it. Monthanus ran to her fathers side and held his hand. Antoine Watson appears in court during a previous hearing. In addition, she obtained police documents that claimed toshowWatson "on surveillancegoing to a BMW after the crime retrieving a cell phone & walk back to Ratanapakdee & appear to take photos of him as he was dying.". October 2021. assault in Western Addition that led to the death an 84-year-old man, police said. Two suspects have been arrested. }); Send him story tips at lucas.manfredi@fox.com. San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin said he plans to file murder . Vicha Ratanapakdee as he is knocked to the ground Thursday by an attacker later identified as 19-year-old Antoine Watson in San Francisco, at left, and Vicha in an undated photo, at right. I told him to walk that way. Hundreds of people hold a rally Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, in San Francisco and five other U.S. cities to remember the death of 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee. Thats when I was like: This is more than some kind of accident or robbery or assault. San Francisco police have arrested 19-year-old Antoine Watson of Dale City on suspicion of murder, along with Malaysia Goo, 20, for allegedly serving as an accessory after the attack. . Hi! he shouted over and over. And these memories, the sense of injustice that still lingered in them, overlapped with other histories still. By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ February 2, 2021. He gets talked about as though he's some little baby minor. },false) Even without much publicity, we have already received a strong response from the community, who want their voices heard, Jeung wrote in the groups first report. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), Mr. Nawabi described Mr. Watson as someone who had struggled with anger. When she came back in, she noticed his tablet was gone. She said: You are not a victim. She wanted to be strong for her sons, but she had trouble sleeping at night and broke into tears unexpectedly. hitType: 'event', The San Francisco District Attorney's office told KPIX 5 on Monday that their detention motion to hold 19-year-old Antoine Watson without bail was granted by the court. He was booked on suspicion of murder, elder abuse and assault with a deadly weapon. She found it hard to follow the legal vocabulary and felt bad asking Eric to explain terms and intricacies. SAN FRANCISCO - In two unrelated cases, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin said his office has filed charges against Lawrence Thomas and Tyjone Flournoy for the murder of 76-year-old private investigator Jack Palladino, and Antoine Watson for the murder of 86-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee. Chan shared a photo of the person he said attacked him, who appeared to be Black, with reporters. Amanda Nguyen, a prominent activist, shared Sernoffskys report in a viral Instagram video, along with two others, one about a 64-year-old Vietnamese woman who was robbed in San Jose and another about a 61-year-old Filipino man whose face was slashed with a box cutter on the New York subway. Police later identified the suspect as Antoine Watson, 19. Mom, you know what? She had come every morning to wish her father a safe journey. Everybody I talked to said it was from a Black person, he told me. He washed his face, put on a baseball cap and face mask and told his wife he would have the coffee she had prepared for him when he returned. Her mother had been blaming karma for her fathers death; weakened by his recent heart operations, Vicha often joked that life was getting too painful to bear. }); SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: A teenager charged in the brutal assault of an 84-year-old San Francisco man that was captured on video in January 2021, will remain in custody following a court hearing on Monday, February 15. After Vicha died, Eric says, he saw so many videos, video after video of attacks in the news. It was the first court appearance of 19-year-old Daly City resident Antoine Watson since he was arrested for the assault this past weekend. I know its not a scientific poll or whatever. The responses confirmed a thought in his mind all the same. Im a bad daughter, she would say. As they waited for Antoines hearing to start, Monthanus and Eric watched from the front row of the gallery as the judge heard a series of other cases. "You will be held accountable by both the police and the District Attorney. He had just gone to dinner with a few relatives visiting from Beijing. Why, since her fathers death, did it feel as if there were more cases every day? It's common sense, and we knew his intention. In another week, her sons would go back to school, and Monthanus, a food-safety inspector for the city school district, would be back at work. KGO obtained surveillance footage which apparently shows Antoine Watson, 19, knocking down Vicha Ratanapakdee, 84, in front of his San Francisco home.Officers reportedly discovered Ratanapakdee on a sidewalk and rendered aid before paramedics rushed him to the hospital . ET on March 15. Or am I just sensitive? She told me, Go wash the blood right away, Monthanus says. Crime data from the district attorney offices in San Francisco County and Alameda County, which includes Oakland, show that people of Asian descent were less likely last year to be victims of crimes than other ethnic groups. It was still early, Monthanus reminded herself, but she also couldnt shake the feeling that the world seemed to be moving on. eventAction: 'click_image_ads' Monthanus offered me a pastry and asked if I had seen the latest news, about the 64-year-old Asian woman in Riverside, Calif., who was stabbed in the stomach while walking her dogs and later died of her injuries. She stepped out to check the front and the back of their building. It was the first court appearance of 19-year-old Daly City resident Antoine Watson since he was arrested for the assault this past weekend. ", When asked outside the courtroom what she wanted to see happen, Watson's grandmother said, "To see him walk out this door like I'm walking out right now.". The incident was caught on camera, galvanizing the national Stop Asian Hate movement. San Francisco Mayor London Breed, joined by several other elected officials including City Attorney David Chiu, State Senator Scott Wiener, and Supervisors Catherine Stefani and Rafael Mandelman, led the crowd in marching and chanting slogans. He had guided her through lifes big decisions, her moments of uncertainty and doubt. In an unprovoked attack, Antoine Watson, 19, charged at Vichar Ratanapakdee, 84, on Thursday during the senior's morning walk. The streets were quiet. But Jeung grew wary when a doctor asked him if he had recently been to China, and again when he learned that his relatives had been marooned at a hotel near the airport after being told they couldnt board their flight back home. Antoine grew up in San Francisco and spent part of his childhood with his siblings, parents and grandparents in the Anza Vista area, where Vicha later lived. A.Cecil Williams told The New York Times in an article about the 2010 protest. Why did this happen? Legal Statement. "I can't even imagine what his family is going through right now. In each instance, the bystanders appeared to do nothing. Sie knnen Ihre Einstellungen jederzeit ndern, indem Sie auf unseren Websites und Apps auf den Link Datenschutz-Dashboard klicken. She remains puzzled why on the morning of the attack he left without his Buddhist amulet, a talisman of protection that he always wore around his neck. The Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act, passed with bipartisan support and signed into law by President Biden in May, primarily aims to improve crime reporting and data collection. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/27/us/asian-american-hate-crimes.html. She wakes up crying; she goes to sleep crying, Steiner said. The San Francisco District Attorney's office stated on Monday, February 8, that their detention plan to hold 19-year-old Antoine Watson without bail was granted by the court. After the last court hearing, Monthanus called the victims advocate assigned to her by the district attorneys office to request a Thai translator. Maylasia Goo also arrested. Verbal harassment made up 70.9% of incidents while shunning or avoidance comprised 21.4% of the incidents. He died shortly after arrival in the hospital. Others have injured or killed people without saying a word. In the . But what brought her out to the rallies, more than anything, was her desire for someone to answer for the loss of her father. In a New York Times article, Boudin says Antoine Watson was having "some sort of temper tantrum," a term more often used to describe toddlers, ABC7 reported. He disliked the chilly and wet San Francisco winter and missed his favorite southern Thai dishes and his extended family and friends. window.adsContainer = {"positionAfterTitle":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle5_Rel_Newrev","isOrganicUserAd":true,"max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position2":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_After_Title_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position3":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Below_Next_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position4":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position5":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle1_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position6":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle2_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position7":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle3_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position8":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle4_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position9":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle5_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position10":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle6_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position11":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle7_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position12":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle8_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position13":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle9_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position14":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle10_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position15":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle11_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position16":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle12_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"positionTop":{"code":"Article_Desktop_970x250_Header_Rel","isOrganicUserAd":false,"max_width":970,"max_height":250},"positionBottom":{"code":"Article_Desktop_Sidebar_Bottom_Rel_Newrev","isOrganicUserAd":true,"max_width":300,"max_height":600},"positionBottomRight":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_After_Title_Rel_Newrev","isOrganicUserAd":true,"max_width":336,"max_height":280}} A.Cecil Williams told The New York Times in an article about the 2010 protest. another video that rocketed around the internet. Your father is a victim. (Under California law, families of victims are eligible for work compensation only if a minor died or was hospitalized.). Friends scattered the flower petals. In the appeal, the family asked residents in San Francisco to contact the local district attorney Chesa Boudin to ensure that Antoine Watson and Ms Maylasia Goo, a 19-year-old woman charged as an accessory to the crime, face the full force of the law for what they describe as a racially motivated hate crime. Ms. Monthanus says she and her family will charter a boat under the Golden Gate Bridge and scatter some into the Pacific Ocean. Believe Attack Was Racially Motivated., Vichas story joined a cluster of reports about attacks on Asian elders in four cities. There may be a logic behind that. But he also suspects that the numbers reflect an animus that only deepened during lockdown. The man had accepted a plea agreement for domestic-violence charges, and afterward his victim asked the judge if she could say a few words. Video footage shows the teen running at Ratanapakdee and pushing him over, knocking him to the ground. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Love you, dude. The young man repeated himself. Their younger son, Troy, a bright and playful 8-year-old who is autistic, had become more easily agitated during the lockdown and often stomped and shouted. Within one week of the websites start, Stop AAPI Hate received 673 reports of verbal and physical attacks, as well as other forms of harassment, like spitting, coughing and online threats. Rachel Marshall / (415) 416-4468 / Rachel.Marshall@sfgov.org - SAN FRANCISCO-Today, San Francisco District Attorney Boudin announced that the District Attorney's Office has filed charges against two people for the crime that took the life of 76 year-old private investigator Jack Palladino and will file charges against one person for the murder of 84 year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee. As she replayed the footage again and again, Monthanus kept coming back to the same conclusion. At the time of the attack, Mr. Vicha was only months away from being able to return to Thailand. They asked the state attorney generals office to help them track what they believed to be a growing number of episodes. In the past week the California Legislature approved $1.4 million in funding to track and research racist incidents against Asian-Americans. That he still had a life ahead of him. ga('ads.send', { The day after Monthanus and Erics first TV appearance, San Franciscos district attorney charged Antoine Watson, the 19-year-old accused of shoving Vicha to death, with murder and elder abuse. Other celebrities joined in. Since her fathers death, she and Eric agreed that no one would go out at night without him. } The attack came with such a speed that Ratanapakdee was thrown backward and he landed on the pavement. } Earlier that week, two more videos emerged from New York City of a man in Times Square stomping on a woman on her way to church; of a man punching and choking another man on the J train. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Surveillance video from a camera across the street captured the moment of impact. More than 500 days after the incident, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Darwin ruled that the evidence presented by the District Attorney's Office is enough for a murder trial. Six of the victims two women of Chinese descent, four women of Korean descent worked at the businesses targeted by the gunman, an unequivocal sign for many of those watching that he acted out of hatred, misogyny and racism. Betty Louie, an adviser to the San Francisco Chinatown Merchants Association, remembered that back when she had owned gift shops in the neighborhood, 25 years ago, "we . This arrest data includes all information on current and previous arrests for Antoine Watson His brothers and sisters are there, Ms. Monthanus said. The court system, which they thought would deliver swift justice, was confoundingly slow. For the past two years, Monthanus had started taking care of her parents more intensely, after her mother was diagnosed with dementia and her father with three clogged arteries. A preliminary hearing for the man accused of fatally pushing Vicha Ratanapakdee in San Francisco last year commenced on Tuesday, reigniting calls for justice and an end to anti-Asian violence. It was the type of forceful body blow that might have knocked unconscious a young football player in full protective pads. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. SAN FRANCISCO, CAA San Francisco African-American teen accused of murdering 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee in January 2021 was ordered to stand trial, a judge ruled Friday.. Anita Nabha, 20-year-old Antoine Watson's attorney, said he was distressed after a "stressful encounter with police hours earlier" and may not have known the man was elderly, reports the San .
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