'She wanted more of the guy. The police were holding her back': Asian woman, 76, beats attacker, 39, with a stick and sends him to hospital after he punched her in the face in San Francisco

dm ^ | 3/18/2021 | mitchell

[RummyChick]

An elderly Asian woman fought back against a man who randomly attacked her in San Francisco and sent him to hospital covered in blood on a gurney.

Xiao Zhen Xie, 76, told San Francisco's KPIX 5 that she was standing at a crossing on Market Street on Wednesday when a 39-year-old man punched her in the face.

Xie said she found a nearby stick to defend herself and started pummelling him.

While Xie suffered eye injuries, the unidentified man was taken away on a stretcher with his face covered in cuts.

Xie then tried to go for her attacker again as he was being wheeled to an ambulance, and had to be restrained by police.

She points the wooden plank towards him while yelling: 'You bum, why did you bully me?' and 'He hit me, he hit me!' in Cantonese.

The incident comes amid a surge in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans and Asians living in the United States.

[RummyChick]

I love this story. When I think of some of the stories told here by people with Chinese mother in laws this is the kind of woman that I picture. I remember one where the dreaded mother in law would routinely say things like "I will kill you"

[mykroar]

+1

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

He picked tha wrong elderly Asian woman ta eff wit’.

[SuperLuminal]

An awesome post to get the day started on a positive note!

[SkyDancer]

Next up SF will institute stick control; against the law to leave sticks laying around to defend yourself.

[RummyChick]

still chuckling over this pic

[BenLurkin]

Market street was a nice area when I lived in SF.

[RC one]

Too bad he survived.

[RummyChick]

I dont know what country she is from but if you come from mainland China and you are in your 70s you have been through some stuff!

[lee martell]

Pro: Asian Granny is FIGHTING BACK! She is nobody’s victim.
Con: 90% of the time, the troublemaker is black, but those stories are rarely put into clear, detailed focus like this one.

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

His mask! He’s not wearing his mask!

[albie]

Paramedic standing next to him looks like she’s disgusted with having to deal with such trash

[blueunicorn6]

Black Belt in Stick Fu.

[ConservativeMind]

I would have liked for her to have killed him in self-defence.

[IYAS9YAS]

Good on her. Shoulda aimed lower, though. Not sure head shots did any damage to that moron.

[Wallace T.]

The assailant was a white man. At first glance, he doesn't appear to be a homeless person. Perhaps he is just a demented man. But it just happens to play into the mainstream theme of the week of anti-Asian violence by whites.

[cableguymn]

Probably nothing down there either

[bigdaddy45]

Well I don’t care what color he is. He earned his ass-whuppin

[I-ambush]

Crouching tiger or hidden dragon?