Caught on Video: San Francisco Muni egg attack amid anti-Asian rant
SAN FRANCISCO -- A New York-based Asian American writer, who was visiting San Francisco, found herself among the victims of an egg throwing attack from a man voicing racist comments on the 38-Geary Muni bus.
The incident took place last Thursday and Michelle Young captured it on video,
EGG ATTACK ON SF MUNI
— Betty Yu (@BettyKPIX) February 21, 2023
Michelle Young @untappedmich who was visiting SF from NYC, said the man in the striped sweatshirt started yelling anti-Asian insults at her and the Asian American woman next to her. The video shows him attacking a bystander with an egg pic.twitter.com/k581Er78lR
Young took to twitter to describe the attack.
"Guy w/lots of eggs came on and starting yelling to me and the Asian girl next to me "stupid Chinese bitch". A man on the bus stepped in & the guy started throwing eggs at him. Guy got off bus threw eggs through window. We all have egg in our hair!!"
Cropped second video to show him throwing an egg right at me pic.twitter.com/0P0GYYxAcx
— Michelle Young (@UntappedMich) February 16, 2023
SFPD has reached out to her as did the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency.
"This is unacceptable on our vehicles," the transit agency said in its response. "We are sorry this happened to you. Please file a report with us to prevent incidents like this from happening. We'll have staff look into it and investigate. Again, our sincere apologies."
Young also thanked those who had reached out to her and urged other victims to come forward.
(🧵) We are committed to doing everything we can to stop the racist attacks on the AAPI community that have been on the increase over the past few years. Just this week alone, Muni riders, staff and colleagues from other transit agencies been victims of this deplorable behavior.
— SFMTA (@SFMTA_Muni) February 17, 2023
"I have spoken w/ SFPD & they are moving things forward," she posted on social media. "If you were on the bus or were targeted by this man in the past please send me a DM as your statement is helpful. I'm on vacation with my family this week but thank you all again for your support!"