“The Real’s” Jeannie Mai spoke out against racism after an elderly Asian man in San Francisco was attacked. Footage from attack made its way online and has gone viral. See Jeannie’s passionate speech about the racially charged attack and more inside…
A video of an Asian man being attacked in San Francisco has gone viral and “The Real” co-host Jeannie Mai is speaking out about it. Over the weekend, an elderly Asian man was captured on video being attacked as bystanders looked on and hurled racial slurs.
According to police, the man was collecting recyclables in the city before he was robbed and attacked. Police are now investigating the incident as a hate crime.
Peep the clip below - WARNING - It's hard to watch:
Racially charged attack on elderly Asian man.
This Asian man was just trying to make ends meet for his family by collecting cans. Then he got attacked, he didn’t deserve this. this is ignorant, inhumane, & disgusting.
Heartbroken
Retweet. pic.twitter.com/1Ea1e3GCj2
— Deniiise (@RogueCharisma) February 25, 2020
It's reported there were security guards outside who witnessed the attack and did nothing. The security company issued a statement about it, writing, "Our Investigation's Unit is currently investigating this matter," Daniel Francom, the president and CEO of that security company, Critical Intervention Patrol, said. "While this investigation is underway, it would be premature and unfair to make any statements at this time. We assure you and the community that once our investigation is completed, we will give further details with transparency regarding this incident."
“The Real” co-host Jeannie Mai (who has a Vietnamese mother and a Chinese father) was pissed after seeing the video and aired out her frustrations on a recent episode of the daytime talk show.
#SFPD Requesting Public Assistance
San Francisco Police are asking for your help in identifying the victim in a viral video -> https://t.co/zw1bcM4Gy5. Please contact us if you have any information at 1-415-575-4444. Thank you all for your continued assistance. #SF #BayArea pic.twitter.com/MCFwts405D
— San Francisco Police (@SFPD) February 26, 2020
”I’m not talking about racism against Asians. This is racism…period,” she said during the show. “This is minorities against minorities. We all know what it’s like to struggle living in our skin, why are we doing this to each other? Racism is not going to end racism,” she said.
Jeannie encouraged people to talk to their friends from all races about racism. She also asked viewers to send her any information they have about the attack, so she could get the ball rolling on an investigation against the people who attacked the man.
Hours after putting her post, she hopped on IG Stories to announce the victim had been found.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced a Community Unity and Healing rally that will go down today on the same street the man was attacked:
now that the victim has been identified— @shamannwalton x @LondonBreed are holding this event where the elderly man was attacked in the Bayview pic.twitter.com/5kIYwxvlvl
— Dion Lim (@DionLimTV) February 26, 2020
UPDATE-1:
Employees at this recycling center in #SanFrancisco say they haven’t seen the elderly #Asian man, who usually comes once a week, since he was attacked in the #Bayview #neighborhood. #SF #racerelations #community https://t.co/nBpFgPTqen pic.twitter.com/VKWsy9XsdF— Anser Hassan (@AnserHassan) February 26, 2020
At the time of this post, no arrests have been made. This is really sick and disgusting, and the people in the video need to be prosecuted for this uncalled for behavior. This man was trying to collect cans to make some extra money for his family and, apparently, can't even do that in peace.
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