Another brutal attack on Asian elders: An 88-year-old Chinese woman kicked to the ground suffering from massive internal bleeding

(SAN FRANCISCO) An 88-year-old Chinese woman elder became the latest victim of a violent unprovoked attack in San Francisco downtown. Last Friday morning on July 21, the victim was kicked and thrown to the ground when she carried a bag of avocados walking home in the Union Square area. The victim was critically injured with massive internal bleeding in the blow.

It was a busy Friday at Ellis and Stockton Streets in Union Square on July 21. The African American suspect was subdued by good Samaritans at the scene until police officers arrived.

On July 3 evening, 63-year-old Yan Fang Wu was pushed to death while she was walking home after getting off a bus in the Bayview District. A week later on July 10 at noontime, an 86-year-old elderly Chinese woman was also pushed to the ground in the Tenderloin suffering from a broken hip and hospitalized. 11 days later on July 21 around 11am, an 88-year-old Chinese woman was the latest victim of an even more violent unprovoked attack.

According to the police sources and friends of the latest victim, the 88-year-old victim is a resident in the Tenderloin neighborhood.

Prior to the attack, the victim walked to Trader Joe's grocery market at 4th and Market Streets in Union Square to buy avocados. She carried a bag of avocados walking home after shopping in the market.

The victim was brutally kicked when she walked on the sidewalk on Ellis Street close to Stockton Street. She could be seen in the video walking with a crane in one hand, holding a bag of avocados in the other hand. The suspect was standing on the sidewalk. Once the suspect saw the victim, he walked towards the victim and kicked her vigorously.

The blow threw the victim away from the sidewalk. She fell to the ground in the street. The suspect was quickly subdued by the people around the scene. Some witnesses called 911. Police arrived and made the arrest.

The victim was sent to the hospital with massive internal bleeding.

The suspect was identified as 27-year-old James Ramsey of Oakland. He is currently on a warrant in Alameda County and a violation on bail. He was booked by police with multiple charges including aggravated assault, battery, elder abuse and resisting arrest.

A number of Chinese American elders who are residents of the senior housing facilities in Tenderloin were so frightened and worried to hear all the senseless and unprovoked attacks on their peers. They wondered if San Francisco has become the capital of anti-Asian hate and violent attacks against elders in the country in addition to drug overdoses, car break-ins and homelessness.

"We are not only dealing with the crime and issues related to open drug market, homelessness, robberies and many more in Tenderloin, we Asian seniors face more challenges of having a risk of being attacked anytime when we walk in the streets. The city needs to find ways to solve the violence against us," said Mei Chen, an immigrant and resident of a Tenderloin senior housing apartment.

Marlene Tran, a crime victim advocate and community leader in Visitacion Valley, was shocked to hear the violence against the elderly Chinese female victims again. "As a retired teacher of many elderly and non-English speaking immigrant students, it grieves me deeply to learn of more shocking attacks on our seniors. We pray for the recovery of this 88-year-old victim," said Tran.

"Last August, my former 73-year-old student in the Tenderloin was shoved so violently that both of her hands were broken in addition to other painful injuries. As a result, she was really afraid to venture out of her apartment," Tran repeatedly stated. "Instead of respecting our elders and protecting them, why is there a rise in xenophobic violence and homicides that target seniors? What can be done to avert these unprovoked attacks? How resolved is our society to find viable solutions to stop these heinous crimes ? If not now, when?"