It’s not clear what he said to her beforehand, but he’s been booked on sexual assault and hate crime charges.
“Enough. Enough. She’s a woman in America who is Asian and she was just going from point a to point b,” said Madeleine McSweeney, who commutes to San Jose daily.
It s another part of a disturbing rise in attacks on Asian-Americans.
“It seems like the vulnerable are being preyed upon, so it’s not a comfortable feeling for sure,” said Sarita Kohli, president and CEO of Asian Americans for Community Involvement.
She says they re seeing increased calls into their behavioral health counseling services.