A Full News Compilation on #StopSB82 Rally @ Oakland 4/30
Great turnout! A couple hundred of concerned residents from Bay Area showed up at our “#NoSB82 Rally” 4/30 at Oakland.
- OAKLAND (KPIX) – Oakland: Protesters Fear Proposed Bill Would Turn Violent Attacks On Asians Into ‘Misdemeanors’
“The physical wound was not as severe as the wound in my heart,” said Fremont Vice Mayor Yang Shao.
Vice Mayor Shao was one of the speakers at the rally. He rolled up his pant sleeve to show KPIX 5 the scars on his right knee from a violent robbery back on June 6, 2019. He said three people robbed him of his cellphone as the BART train he was riding stopped at the Oakland Fruitvale Station. When he chased after them, they pushed him down the escalator.
Despite the trending #StopAsianHate hashtag and the national headlines, Asian elders in the Bay Area are still being targeted.
“I’m buying mango and all of a sudden somebody grabbed my body and dropped me here,” Antonette Solis, 68, said Friday after she was mugged while shopping in Oakland’s Chinatown. “I didn’t see it. He grabbed me in the back. Grabbed me, trying to get my purse, and he took it.”
- ABC7 OAKLAND (KGO) – President of Oakland’s Chinatown Chamber of Commerce attacked on way to visit with assault victim
OAKLAND (KGO) — An outspoken advocate for Asian Americans in Oakland was viciously attacked while on his way to help an assault victim. All the while the community rallies against a proposed bill to reclassify certain assaults as misdemeanors.
Carl Chan, President of Oakland’s Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, recalls the moment he was attacked while walking in the area of 8th and Broadway Thursday afternoon.
“I stood up right away facing the guy,” said Chan.
- Kron4 News Coverage
Chan suffered cuts and scrapes to his knee but able to get up and snap a photo of the suspect walking away.
Oakland police arrived on the scene and were given the photo and suspect’s description.
Officers tracked down the suspect and booked him on felony battery charges.
KTVU has learned that parolee James Lee Ramsey, 25, was taken into custody. Records show he has prior convictions for criminal threats and brandishing a weapon, and that he’s had his parole revoked several times.
- NTDTV Californians oppose to SB82 and early release of 76K inmates
More than 100 people gathered in front of California State Sen. Nancy Skinner’s office Friday to rally against SB 82, which would change how some thefts are classified.
Under SB 82, thefts under $950 that may involve force or fear without serious injury or the use of a weapon would be classified as “petty theft in the first degree,” which is punishable up to one year in jail and/or a $1000 fine. The use of minimal force or fear during a petty theft can be convicted as a felony robbery and sentenced up to five years in prison under California’s current robbery statute.
Opponents of the bill are concerned that it will cause more robberies and attacks.
- Speakers at the Rally
For more speeches at the rally please view: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAoeib3Q-hvYNqxj1OVLmgk6U8EO3jbdq
- Sound of Hope News Full Coverage Of The Rally – Live
- World Journal – 金山奧克蘭遇襲後 陳錫澎：不可以害怕，我更加要站出來
東灣僑領陳錫澎（Carl Chan）遇襲事件，在主流和華裔社區內引起極大關注。4月30日周五，陳錫澎現身說法，表示自己不會害怕，反而「我更加要站出來。」
陳錫澎活躍於華裔社區，30日也是出席一個在屋崙（奧克蘭）舉行的反對SB82法案的集會。他一現身，便被媒體團團包圍。根據他的描述，遇襲發生在4月29日的下午3時左右，他當時走在屋崙市中心路上準備去探望一個傷者，誰料自己卻也變成了傷者。
4月30日，民眾在奧克蘭州府大樓前集會，反對SB 82提案，並呼籲州參議員南希.斯金納(Nancy Skinner)撤回該提案。參與此次集會的包括:執法部門領袖、商業領袖、社區領袖、受害者代表及民眾，這也是 南北加州同時舉行的反對SB 82活動的一部分。
該活動由「商業及住房網絡」(Business and Housing Network)、華美權益促進協會(Chinese American Institute for Empowerment)、奧克蘭中國城商會(Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce)、平等公義協會，及「硅谷華人協會」(Silicon Valley Chinese Association)，這5個團體共同發起。
- 美国罗文 – 加州民众抗议民主党将抢劫重罪轻判的SB提案
在周五的抗议现场，民众也举起“抢劫就是抢劫”、“SB82将导致更多暴力抢劫”、“反对SB82”、“联合抵制所有罪行”等标语，来抵制SB82提案。
民众玛丽亚（Maria Chi）表示，SB82提案根本就不符合正常人的思维逻辑。“法律应该是保护民众的安全，但SB82规定，只要不用器械攻击人的时候，就不算抢劫，就要判轻罪。现在我们看到治安已经非常乱了。很多恶人他就是仗势，反正会被轻判，他们就胡作非为，已经威胁到人民的安全，这是不可以的。”
- Rally Picture Gallery
Speeches of 4/30 Rally against SB82
- Annie Esposito – President/Co-founder of Asian American Prosecutors’ Association
- Dr. Christy Brown – former college professor and a victim’s mother
- Faye Maloney – Bay Area Chairwoman of California Narcotic Officers’ Association
- Glenn Kim – Deputy District Attorney
- Greg Tanaka – Council Member of City of Palo Alto
- Jeff Wang – former Trustee of New Haven Unified School Board
- Shao Yang – Vice Mayor of Fremont
- Teresa Duque – Executive Director of San Francisco Community Empowerment Center
- Dan Pan – Board Member of Business and Housing Network (BAHN)
- Frank Lee – President of Organization for Justice and Equality
- Quan He – Committee Memeber of Silicon Valley Chinese Association
- Joel Ng – Chairman of Chinese American Institute for Empowerment
