“She Wanted More Of The Guy”—76-Year-Old Asian Woman Kicks Attacker’s Butt After He Punches Her

A man who attacked an elderly Asian woman in San Francisco got his comeuppance when she fought back and kicked his ass.

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76-year-old Xiao Zhen Xie says she was waiting at a crosswalk when a man simply walked up and punched her in the face.

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She immediately located a nearby stick and picked it up to defend herself, allegedly beating her assailant with the object. 

Video taken by someone who happened upon the scene after the fact shows a distraught and injured Xie with a stick still in her hand, yelling at a man with a bloodied face who is handcuffed to a stretcher. 

While the assailant clearly provoked a more violent response than he anticipated, the attack still left Xie hurt and scared herself.

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Her daughter, Dong-Mei Li, told KPIX 5 that Xie is still “very traumatized, very scared and this eye is still bleeding,” referring to an injury she sustained in the attack. “The right eye still cannot see anything.”

People were horrified by the seemingly unprovoked attack, particularly in light of the rise in anti-Asian violence we’ve been seeing across the United States since early last year.

This cowardly white man attacked an elderly Asian woman in San Francisco, California.

She defended herself — and sent him to the hospital in a stretcher.

Good for her, but she never should have been in that position. We must all do more to #StopAsianHate pic.twitter.com/BmGGbyttU3

— Simran Jeet Singh (@simran) March 18, 2021

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This video makes me so angry. 4 paramedics/EMTs attending to the attacker and no one person checking on the victim! WTH has this country turned into.

— daisyy5887 (@daisyy5887) March 18, 2021

I really cannot wrap my head around why they aren’t giving her more attention, having her sit down, and hopefully x-rays to see if he broke her nose or anything else for that matter… Lack of medical equity here. No one to comfort her, either, and no translator…??

— Sara (@SaraBAyres) March 18, 2021

San Francisco, California

My heart literally can’t

An Elderly Asian woman survived an attack by defense sending her attacker to the hospital.

I am so glad she was able to fend him off but it’s is so gutting that she had to

WOW! FUCK YOUR RACISM pic.twitter.com/2N68OKmFek

— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) March 18, 2021

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Abusing Elderly, children and abusing animals… fight would be on!

— Aly-i dissent! wear amask! (@Aly54137469) March 18, 2021

And while the incident was unquestionably horrific and never should have happened, there was also a lot of support expressed for Xie’s decision to fight back.

STREET JUSTICE, PO PO STYLE. In San Francisco, a man attacked a 70-year-old Asian woman. She fought back. He got taken away on a stretcher. https://t.co/fYiLFW5a4R

— Angry Asian Man (@angryasianman) March 18, 2021

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they needed to let her hit him again a few more times… he deserves no respect.

— Luis Gonzalez (@LuisTechnology) March 18, 2021

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The police will not yet say that this incident was racially motivated, although they are investigating the same suspect for another attack on an elderly Asian man that happened in the area that same morning.

A GoFundMe has been set up by Xie’s grandson to help pay for her medical bills, and has raised over $200,000 at the time of publication.

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*First Published: March 18, 2021, 10:29 am