San Francisco AAPI activists demand answers about police investigation into Yanfang Wu's death

WITH JULIETTE GOODRICH. >>> GOOD EVENING, THE ASIAN JUSTICE MOVEMENT WILL GIVE THE POLICE A MONTH TO RELEASE THE VIDEO OF THE MOMENT 63-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS ATTACKED AND KILLED. IT HAPPENED LAST YEAR IN THE BAY DISTRICT. THE POLICE SAID IT WAS AN ACCIDENT BUT THE COMMUNITY DID NOT BUY T. NOW THAT THE CASE IS OPEN MANY ARE STILL SKEPTICAL AND THEY WANT TO SEE THE EVIDENCE FOR THEMSELVES.. >> Reporter: NO SECRET THAT ATTACKS AGAINST ASIANS INCREASED ESPECIALLY AMONG THE ELDERLY. THERE IS ONE CASE THAT HAS PEOPLE ASKING HOW SERIOUSLY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS TAKING IT. >> I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE. >> Reporter: HE FEELS GUILTY THAT HE HAS NOT DONE ENOUGH. >> THAT IS AUNT LULY. >> HERE THEY ARE REFERRED TO AUNT OR UNCLE. >> THAT IS WHY WE DON'T CALL PEOPLE BY THEIR FIRST NAME IT IS A BUILT IN RESPECT. THAT IS WHY PROTECTING OUR SENIORS IS IMPORTANT. >> Reporter: THAT IS WHY IMAGES OF ASIAN SENIORS BEING ATTACKED HAVE SO ENRAGED THE AAPI COMMUNITY. LAST SUMMER, 63-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIED AFTER BEING KNOCKED TO THE GROUND AT A BUS STOP IN THE BAY VIEW DISTRICT. A MONTH LATER, SFPD ANNOUNCED AFTER REVIEWING SURVEILLANCE VIDEO THE INCIDENT WAS RULED TO BE AN ACCIDENT. AND THE CASE WAS CLOSED. BUT, EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE SAME PERSON WHO SHOVED MRS. WOO WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY ATTACKING A 71-YEAR-OLD ASIAN WOMAN ON GILMAN STREET FIVE BLOCKS AWAY. >> NOW, HUDSON, OTHER ASIAN LEADERS ARE DEMANDING THE WOO CASE BE REOPENED AND PURSUED AS A HATE CRIME. >> HOW MANY MORE DO YOU HAVE TO ATTACK FOR IT TO BE A HATE CRIME? DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE A TATTOO THAT SAYS I HATE ASIANS FOR IT TO BE A HATE CRIME? THE MORE YOU DON'T ADDRESS IT THE LESS CONFIDENCE THE COMMUNITY HAS. >> WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS THE EXTENT OF THE INVESTIGATION AND WAS JUSTICE SERVED? WE FEEL AS A COMMUNITY IT WAS NOT. >> WE WANT YOU TO KNOW WHY YOU DID THE BEAR MINIMUM TO INVESTIGATOR THIS CRIME. >> Reporter: AT AN EVENT WITH THE POLICE CHIEF BILL SCOTT AND MAYOR LONDON BREED IN ATTENDANCE THEY DEMANDED THE CITY OFFICIALS RELEASE THE VIDEO. >> WILL IT BE YOU CHIEF SCOTT? OR DISTRICT ATTORNEY JENKINS OR YOU MAYOR LONDON-BREED? HONESTLY I REALLY DON'T GIVE A -- [BEEP] -- WHO IT IS, AS LONG AS ONE OF YOU BECOME THE LEADER THAT YOU CLAIM TO BE. >> THE ASIAN COMMUNITY IS USUALLY SUPPORTIVE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO, THEY ARE SHOCKED TO FEEL THAT THE POLICE ARE NOT TAKING THE THREAT SERIOUSLY. >> THAT IS WHY WE WANT TO SEE THE TAPE. IF YOU ARE GOING TO SAY IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, AGAIN, THE PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT AND NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU CONSIDER AS AN ACCIDENT. >> Reporter: HUDSON SAYS HE IS TIRED OF HEARING THAT THE ATTACKS ARE NOT RACIALLY MOST VATTED. MOTIVATED. IF YOU SEE PEOPLE GETTING HURT MAYBE YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. >> THEY ARE REOPENING THE CASE DUE TO NEW EVIDENCE. THEY ANNOUNCED THE VIDEO WOULD BE ARE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC BUT ONLY AFTER THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE. IN A CASE THAT WAS OFFICIALLY CLOSED NINE MONTHS AGO. >> WHEN HE REOPENED THE CASE THE POLICE CHIEF TWEETED THE SFPD DOES NOT ACCEPT VIOLENCE AND WE TAKE THESE CASES VERY SERIOUSLY. THE DEATH OF WOO IS A TRAGEDY. THE SFPD WILL RELEASE THE VIDEO IN THIS CASE AS MAYOR BREED REQUESTED AFTER THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE.. HE DID NOT SAY IF THEY WERE INVESTIGATING IT AS A

Channel: KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA

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Keywords: KPIX 5 News Evening, Yanfang Wu, AAPI hate, hate crime, AAPI assault, San Francisco, Bayview

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Length: 4min 25sec (265 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 02 2024