Asian American Attacks: US Army Veteran Attacked In San Francisco; Suspect Arrested For Hate...

Tuason had been carrying his groceries and waiting at the bus stop. He also relies on a cane.


“When he noticed me, he got aggressive and charged across the street, ‘Go back where you came from, you caused this problem’, referring to COVID, and do you want to get hurt? You’re not a veteran, I’m a veteran,'” recalled Tuason.

Tuason, who is of Filipino, Chinese and Spanish descent, said he tried to take video with his cell phone, but the suspect knocked it out of his hand.

San Francisco Police said the victim tried to deescalate the situation. It didn’t work.

“I had one arm out, my left arm, but he sidestepped that and came in from the outside, and he waylaid me, and he laid me out right here and it was very swollen,” said Tuason. “There was a chain link fence and I hit the steel post, and I was followed up with two lefts and a knee.”

Tuason said he is a proud veteran, who was a combat engineer in Louisiana and Germany in the 1980s.