Former San Francisco Commissioner Greg Chew wants DA Brooke Jenkins to charge his alleged attacker with a hate crime.
former San Francisco commissioner Greg Chew will face felony assault and battery charges, but Chew says the man should face hate crime charges as well.
Authorities say 34-year-old Derrick Yearby is the person who assaulted Chew while he was walking to his home in the city's SoMa neighborhood on the evening of Aug. 2. The attack left Chew, who is 70 years-old, with a broken clavicle and minor injuries to his face, according to the DA's Office. Yearby was charged with felony assault and battery, as well as felony elder abuse. Chew, who is Asian American,that he believes the attack was racially motivated and wants District Attorney Brooke Jenkins to charge Yearby with a hate crime.
"Why did he come beat me, break my face, break my shoulder?” Chew said, according to The Standard. “Did he pick me up because I am Asian, Chinese, and old?” The attack on Chew is the second time in less than two weeks that an elderly Asian has been assaulted in public in San Francisco. On July 31,
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