Multiple law enforcement sources told Fox News Saturday they are seeking an 11-year-old boy and three other young suspects in a brutal attack on a 70-year-old Asian woman in San Francisco last weekend.
The vicious assault was captured on video, but no suspects are in custody.
Authorities said that an 11-year-old Black boy was an active participant, as well as a 13-year-old Black girl.
A 14-year-old Black girl is seen kicking the woman in the head in the Anza Vista neighborhood.
A Black male who just turned 18 is also being sought.
Two other suspects were allegedly associated with a group involved in a string of robberies and were reportedly nabbed in Oakland, California.
One anonymous law enforcement source told Fox News that even if the juveniles are caught, their identities will remain sealed.
The 18-year-old is the only individual who could possibly face serious charges in the matter.
"They just think they can do this and get away with this. And they can. They’ve been doing it. Where are the parents that should be not allowing this behavior? And if they aren’t, who is going to do something about it?" the source asked.
The San Francisco Police Department would not confirm any updates to Fox News, citing an active investigation.
"They used their fist to hit my head multiple times and then they pulled me down and kept kicking me," the elderly woman, who wanted to be identified as Mrs. Ren, told KGO last week through an interpreter.
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Fearing COVID-19, Sunday marked what her daughter said was one of the first days Mrs. Ren had left home.
The assault happened in the hallway of her apartment complex, where the juveniles asked for the time.
She refused to give up her iPhone 7 to the group, attempting to escape to a nearby elevator.
"They got really mad and pulled me down," Mrs. Ren said, according to the station.
Footage shows that she attempted to retreat to the hallway but was unable to close the door.
The suspects then returned to steal her keys and continue the attack.
"I never expected this to happen to us, even though we saw a lot of reporting," said the daughter, Mrs. Zheng.
A safety official at New York City’s Queens College is in hot water for allegedly using an anti-Asian slur and other offensive remarks toward several ethnic groups.
Deborah Huggins, who was recently appointed Queen College’s interim public safety director, allegedly made the anti-Asian comment about Frank Wu, who became the institution’s first Asian American president in April 2020. Huggins is African American.
“Corona on 12. I’ve gotta get my nails done by the ch*nks,” Huggins said in reference to Wu’s 12th-floor office, according to an ongoing petition.
Huggins also allegedly told Muslim employees to stop wearing head coverings and barred employees of certain ethnic groups from microwaving their food due to “offensive” smells. In yet another instance, she allegedly said “I hate house rats” in the presence of a Hispanic security guard and seemingly implied that he was one, according to the employee.
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The allegations came to light in the petition launched by public safety officers from the City University of New York (CUNY) system, which Queens College is part of. The petition seeks the reinstatement of the college’s former security director, Anastasia Koutsidis, who was allegedly dismissed after being “unfairly cast" as a racist.
The claim against Koutsidis emerged following an alleged winter break incident that involved an African American “woke woman” who felt that Koutsidis did not take the matter seriously enough, according to the petition. Wu was allegedly harassed into accepting calls to dismiss Koutsidis.
The petition against Huggins described her as having “far less qualifications” and also claimed that complaints about her racist and offensive remarks had fallen on deaf ears at Queen's College.
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Both Huggins and Koutsidis declined to comment on the issue, according to the New York Post. As of this writing, the petition, which seeks to amass 1,000 total signatures, has so far received 501 signatures.
“Anastasia has only led the Public Safety Department in [a] positive direction. She reinstated the bike patrol and officers to hold a firearm, sent multiple officers to training, added extra cameras and swipe card access and... created a positive, non-hostile working environment for the officers,” the petition noted.
The officers at Queens College and the entire diverse college community will not be safe if we are lead [sic] by Lieutenant Huggins,” the petition continued. “We are in fact very much afraid and completely uncomfortable with Lieutenant Huggins [sic] leadership.”
San Francisco police arrested a man they believe attacked former city film, arts, and immigrant rights commissioner Gregory Chew, who was assaulted the evening of Aug. 2 near 3rd and Folsom streets.
According to the office of Supervisor Matt Dorsey, in whose district 6 Chew resides, police arrested 34-year-old Derrick Yearby of San Francisco on Sunday morning near the corner of 8th and Market streets.
Chew, 70, a leader in the city's Asian American and Pacific Islander community, was struck and knocked to the ground. He was treated at a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
"There should be no place in San Francisco for this kind of violence, which in the last couple of years is disproportionately targeting seniors in our AAPI communities," Dorsey said, in a statement. "San Francisco police reported a 567 percent increase in anti-Asian hate crimes in 2021. We must all do more to stop these attacks, and one way to deter violence like this is to send a strong message to would-be attackers that they'll be brought to justice in San Francisco."
Dorsey's office said Yearby was taken to San Francisco County Jail and booked on suspicion of aggravated battery causing serious bodily injury, assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, elder abuse, and great bodily injury enhancement.
Man Arrested in Assault of Former San Francisco Commissioner – NBC Bay Area
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