Stop Asian Hate advocates outraged after killer of SF grandfather avoids murder conviction
Anti-Asian hate advocates have erupted in outrage after the man who killed a beloved San Francisco grandfather — an attack that helped ignite the Stop Asian Hate movement — was cleared of murder an…
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Adam Smith said, "Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent"
No where is this more apparent than the sentencing of Antoine Watson. For killing an elderly Asian grandfather he got off with involuntary manslaughter. A crime no more than 4 years in prison. Meaning he gets to walk free if the appeal fails as the case is 5 years old. A great miscarriage of justice.
No hate crime, no elder abuse and not even first degree murder. The reason? He was not in the right mind when he attacked. I call it a load of waste. There is recorded video footage of him tackling the old man without provocation. On top of the neighbors hearing Watson screaming "What the fornication (shorten it) are you looking at?".
Watson was clearly racially motivated because he notice the elderly gentleman was Asian. He said, "I thought he was judging me, too, like Malaysia was judging me". Even the victim's daughter believe so. His racism is also mixed with ignorance because Vicha Ratanapakdee is a Thai name. The "you all look the same to me" ignorance. And for those who don't know Thailand is north of West Malaysia. In fact you can't tell if a person is from Malaysia by name because 3 of the major races have naming convention adopted from foreign lands. The Malays majority muslims will have msulims names, the Chinese will have names similar to China and Taiwan and the Indians will have name similar to those in India. Unlike Thai names which are endemic to the country much like Japanese names.
Enough tangent, I'm just sick and tired of the soft on crime based on an invisible social hierarchy. Letting Antoine Watson go is no different from killing grandpa Vicha again. That's my view point.
