For a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. Well begin tonight with what happened after a simple request to wear a mask. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. And im dione lynn. This come is sharing this story to protect her family. In this story, you will see only on abc 7. Its really unacceptable to feel fear in your own home neighborhood. Reporter that fear is exactly the reason she is choosing only to use her first name in sharing the story behind this racist letter. It just basically says i wear my mask if i want, f word, asian. You create the virus. Reporter it all began with a walk with her twin infant girls when she spotted a man near by. He wasnt wearing a max. I asked when he came into ear shot that he wear a mask. Reporter what happened next was the beginning of a nightmare. He locked eyes with me and immediately started charging up the hill at me. Reporter she ran into her home terrified. Her husband then scared the man away. He came rushing out because he heard the
Saratoga road were a driver is suspected of deliberately plowing into eight people because he thought they were muslim. We are in pain. We are angry. We are experiencing fear. Reporter Community Meeting on this wednesday night at the Sunnyvale Senior Center where organizers say the collision is an example of the hate and fear that exists in sunnyvale despite its diverse population. 48 of our city was not even born in the united states. It is a mixture of people from europe, asia, from around the world. Reporter on april 23, around 6 30 p. M. Police say a 34yearold man plowed his car into people at the busy intersection. A 13yearold girl was seriously injured and remains hospitalized. Police identified the driver as isaiah peoples, a veteran back from the war in afghanistan. He faces attempted murder charges. We are here today testifying that we will not retain hate for hate. Instead people of different faith and culture came to this unity event to learn about others who are different t
Ticket. Reporter hes the acting assistant director of aviation at San Jose International airport. Does the airport have a responsibility to alert the traveling public when Something Like this happens . There are a lot of incidents that happen at the airport that are never intended to become public. Reporter the nbc bay area Investigative Unit was first to confirm Marilyn Hartmans security breach, an odyssey that started around 9 00 monday night, an incident that followed two other successful security breeches by the 62yearold San Francisco resident earlier this year at San Francisco international. Was the aport alerted that she may be coming here . No. Reporter were there any photos of pair lynn you hartman at the Security Locations to say if you see this person, be aware . Not to my knowledge. Reporter and a full 15 hours after officials at san joses airport and the tsa had known about the security breach, including spending several hours reviewing Security Camera video, we now know d
Successful. The Vice President was there and said nothing. Reporter today dozens of students marched to the University President s office to meet facetoface. The president s staff said he wasnt available but he did release a statement saying, in part, although i know some have been frustrated with the perceived lack of action since the incident occurred we owe it to everyone to thoughtfully, thoroughly, and factually determine what occurred before taking action. The comment comes a year after he admitted to failing to recognize and intervene in the abuse of a freshman who was a victim of hate crimes on campus. Students say they will continue to rally until the board member is removed and an apology from the administration is given. Theres a lot of diversity here. For someone to go ahead and say that about one specific race . Thats very shocking to me. Reporter the university isnt releasing the name of the board member who allegedly made these comments. Theyre also not giving a timeline
Targeting gang crimes has helped them fight other crimes. The gang members are stealing the cars and burglarizing the houses. You are going to impact not only Violent Crime but property crime as well. Reporter there is a another number casting a dark cloud, a 39 jump in the homicide rate. But police stress there are fewer gang related homicides but 29 homicides in san jose so far this year. In an effort to keep that number from growing the department is set to implement a new phase of the plan. A new Gang Task Force from the metro unit who will be dedicated solely to the issue of gang crime. Since june officers have logged nearly 3,000 hours patrolling known gang hot spots. But many of those hours were overtime and the Police Department admits that given its budget it cannot sustain that expense. Reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Now to an nbc bay area follow up. Police have arrested a suspect in the 29th homicide of 2013. He was arrested in connection with