Six men have been arrested in connection to a string of robberies allegedly targeting Asian women in the Bay Area, concluding a yearlong investigation, according to authorities.
Twenty four-year-old Anthony Michael Robinson of Stockton; Cameron Alonzo Moody, 27, of East Palo Alto; Derje Damond Blanks, 23, of San Jose; Hassani Burleson Ramsey, 24, of Oakland; Clarence Jackson, 21, of East Palo Alto and Malik Short, 21, of Tracy were charged with hate crime enhancements by the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, San Jose police said in a Wednesday news release.
in September 2021 and charged with felony robbery and hate crimes, police said. The men allegedly targeted Asian women because they believed they “don’t use banks” and would be carrying cash.
Ethnic slurs were allegedly used against some of the women by the three men and officials said the suspects followed the women to their cars in parking lots and waited until they were inside before opening the door or breaking a window to snatch a purse from their passenger seat.
after San Jose detectives apprehended him in Oakland on suspicion of felony robbery and misdemeanor vandalism, police said. He was suspected to be involved in nine thefts and robberies in San Jose and up to 30 more in Oakland, Newark, Hayward, Union City and other parts of Alameda County.
The latest arrests conclude a yearlong investigation into robberies that targeted Asian women, including some who were injured during the alleged crimes, authorities said.
Detectives identified and arrested the six men, who they said worked together from October 2020 to September 2021. Police said the suspects were involved in more than 70 incidents of robbery, theft and burglary. Firearms, including one ghost gun, were recovered during the investigation.
“We are sensitive to the hate aspect targeting Asian females,” said San Jose Chief of Police Anthony Mata. “I commend District Attorney Jeff Rosen for pursuing hate crime enhancements. We have tenacious investigators, and a dedicated apprehension team that was tasked with bringing these suspects to justice.”
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It is truly curious that people of Asian descent, women or the aged, seem to be victims of young, healthy people of color, men in particular. I wish someone would pose that question to Joy Reid, she seems to gloss over that obviously racist victimazation.
AND where are the media, in SAYING THESE WERE RACE HATE CRIMES!?
Boy, those white racist sure look dark.
Well there you have it. The white supremacists are at it again, abusing Asians in ole’ San Francisco (the bastion of wokeness). Just because the 6 faces in the picture are non whites does not (in the official wokeness manual) preclude this from being a white supremacist crime. There are a lot of white supremacists running around in black bodies like Larry Elder, Jason Whitlock, Thomas Sowell, etc. These white supremacists are very sneaky critters because none other than our 43 IQ POTUS says it is so.
They are the NEW face of white supremacy… Didn’t you get pelosi’s memo.
Yep that’s it.