Xiao Zhen Xie, 76, Sent Man Charged with Racism to Hospital

Xiao Zhen Xie was standing at a Market Street intersection on Wednesday when a 39 year old man punched her in the face, he told KPIX in San Francisco. In response, the woman used a stick she found to defend herself and hit the subject.

Police say case is under investigation as possible hate crime . The 39-year-old man charged in the case is also a suspect in another attack on an 83-year-old Asian man in the same area early Wednesday.

Due to the confrontation, Xie was injured in the eye, while the unidentified man was carried on a stretcher with his face covered in cuts. The woman was still trying to keep beating her attacker when he was placed in the ambulance, for which he had to be stopped by the police.

“Tramp, why did you hit me?”the woman yelled. “He hit me, he hit me!” He said in Cantonese.

EThe 39-year-old man who suffered the attack from the woman ended up with head injuries, which is why he was arrested and rushed into an ambulance to hospital. near the stage.

According to the slogan of the North American media KPIX 5, the subject also hit the woman in the face, injuring her in the eye. “Very scared, I just defended myself,” Xiao said.