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SF DA Chesa Boudin drops charges against one of two suspects in viral attack on Asian man


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2020 Mar 2, 4:19pm   772 views  4 comments

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"San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin is dropping charges against one of the two suspects arrested in connection to a shocking viral video that shows an Asian man being robbed.

Twenty-year-old Dwayne Grayson, who police say recorded and uploaded the disturbing clip to social media, will no longer be charged with elder abuse and battery, and will instead face "restorative justice," which involves rehabilitation and reconciliation with victims.

"We’ve been in conversation with the victim who expressed interest in a restorative justice outcome in this case," Alex Bastian, a spokesperson for the DA's office, told The Chronicle. “Specifically, against the young person who videoed the incident. We respect victims and their desires and we will explore a restorative justice outcome.”

Grayson was also suspected of violating probation for another robbery.

An Asian man was beaten while collecting bottles in the Bayview District of San Francisco.

Earlier Monday, police arrested 56-year-old Jonathan Amerson, the person suspected of hitting the victim with a metal pole. He was charged with robbery and elder abuse, and is also suspected of robbing the same victim of his recyclables about two months ago in the same area.

The video showed a man believed to be Amerson threatening and swinging a pole at the victim who was trying to get back a shopping cart loaded with aluminum cans he had collected. A person recording the video told the victim to “go get your cans” and someone said: "I hate Asian n—."

Several people can be seen standing around in the Bayview neighborhood, but none of them interfered. Some mocked the victim.

No other arrests have been made in the case."

https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Chesa-Boudin-crime-video-Bayview-Asian-attack-DA-15099780.php

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1   mell   2020 Mar 2, 4:19pm  

Hate crimes are only for fucking white males not for negroes!
2   MisdemeanorRebel   2020 Mar 2, 6:16pm  

Black people can't be racist because of Slavery,duh.
3   Bd6r   2020 Mar 3, 9:19am  

VINCENT says
Why Asians vote Democrat has always baffled me.

Older generation don't, younger generation heavily indoctrinated at Universities.

Most Asians I talk to are blissfully unaware about their discrimination, but I think this changes lately. I am showing them "medical school admittance scores by race" and that knocks any desire to vote D out of their heads.
4   RWSGFY   2020 Mar 3, 9:24am  

Drops charges? That's it? No money award given? Shame!

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