Surveillance video shows he and his wife struggling with three women he says tried robbing the shop and stealing the Chinese New Years trees. The women nearly ran the couple over as they drove away.
“I got scared when they said they were going to try to kill me, literally,” said Lam. “Something definitely needs to be done.”
Just the day before, another attack took place at a nearby store in which someone robbed a customer of his cash.
“Asians are being targeted, and unfortunately they’re also targeting our seniors,” said Carl Chan of the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce.