Ron Tuason, 56, said he was attacked for wearing a veteran’s hat on a grocery shopping trip in San Francisco.
Tuason, who is of Filipino, Chinese and Spanish descent, said a man yelled racial insults, and then punched him multiple times, knocking him to the ground on Mar. 13 around 4 pm at Ocean and Plymouth Avenues.
“When he noticed me, he got aggressive and charged across the street, ‘Go back where you came from, you caused this problem’, referring to COVID, and do you want to get hurt? You’re not a veteran, I’m a veteran,'” recalled Tuason.
Tuason said he tried to deescalate the situation. But it didn’t work.
“I had one arm out, my left arm, but he sidestepped that and came in from the outside, and he waylaid me, and he laid me and it was very swollen.”
“There was a chain link fence and I hit the steel post, and I was followed up with two lefts and a knee,” he added.
Tuason said he is a proud veteran, serving as a combat engineer in Louisiana and Germany in the 1980s.
Shortly after the assault, San Francisco Police located the suspect.
The San Francisco Police Department arrested Victor Brown for assault, battery with the hate crime enhancement, resisting arrest and possession of narcotic paraphernalia. Brown had three outstanding warrants prior to the arrest.
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