Crime & Safety
Racist Graffiti Left On Oakland Chinatown Market Investigated As Hate Crime
Chinatown Chamber of Commerce president Carl Chan said that officials cannot "tolerate this ignorant and disrespectful behavior."
By CBS San Francisco Staff:
OAKLAND (CBS SF/BCN) — Tony Cheung, who has owned New Tin’s Market in Oakland’s Chinatown neighborhood for 20 years, says he was stunned when he glanced at the wall outside his business and was confronted with racist graffiti.
It has been at least 15 years or more since his market has been targeted.
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“I noticed something written on the wall and was hesitant to do something — it shocked me,” Cheung told the East Bay Times.
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