Oakland Communities Rally Together at Madison Park to Denounce Violence Against Asian Americans A crowd of some 500 people — made up of multicultural members from Black, Brown, and other communities — gathered in Oakland's Madison Park Saturday afternoon to protest the growing number of attacks against Asian Americans amid the pandemic. The past eleven or so months have seen an increase in physical violence (and verbal racists outbursts, both IRL and online) toward Asian Americans — a topic our Madam Vice President addressed just a few days ago. Moreover, the elderly have been particularly targeted in violent attacks as of late; three Asian American seniors were assaulted in Oakland's Chinatown earlier this month — and a teenager suspected to be responsible for one of the attacks has since been arrested; a Bayview robbery of a senior Asian American almost a year ago still sits as an uncomfortable example of Black-on-Asian racism.