"This is the mayor of our city. She is a Black woman. It is an assault on her and all Black women," said community organizer Cheryl Shanks.
An 83-year-old Asian woman from Westchester says her assailant came up to her -- nose-to-nose, then cocked his head back and spit in her face as she was walking on a sidewalk.
"The community should be able to feel safe walking down the street:" Several community groups are denouncing hundreds of attacks locally, and thousands more across the country. Many believe the pandemic has been a factor in the recent violence against Asian Americans.
A coalition of Bay Area Asian American organizations held a news conference to denounce the violent attacks against members of their community. There have been at least 700 locally, and some 2,800 nationally over the last year.
Nijeer Parks was 30 miles away when he was accused of shoplifting and trying to hit an officer with a car, landing him in jail for 10 days.
They walked, jogged and ran 2.23 miles, which signifies the day Ahmaud Arbery, who would have turned 26 today, was killed.