A road in San Francisco has been renamed after a 84-year-old man who died in a “mindless” anti-Asian hate assault final yr, CNN reported. The Sonora Lane is being renamed “Vicha Ratanapakdee Lane”.
Vicha Ratanapakdee, who had moved to US from Thailand, was strolling within the Anza Vista neighborhood on the morning of January 28 final yr when a person violently shoved him to the bottom. Vicha Ratanapakdee by no means regained consciousness after the assault.
The assault, which was captured in CCTV footage, was considered one of quite a few assaults towards Asian Individuals reported throughout US lately. It brought about public outrage in San Fransciso prompted artists to color murals and portraits of Vicha Ratanapakdee.
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“This horrific incident was considered one of a number of mindless assaults towards members of the Asian American and Pacific Islander neighborhood right here within the San Francisco — our associates and neighbors mustn’t need to concern the unthinkable once they stroll our streets,” Catherine Stefani, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors informed CNN.
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A 19-year-old man has been accused of homicide and elder abuse after the assault, the report additional mentioned.