Once #StopAsianHate went national and gained media and corporate backing, everyone pretended that it was about ‘white supremacists’ attacking Asians, but the touchstones of the trend were always about elderly Asian people being assaulted by minority career criminals.
And one of the worst of those cases was ‘Grandpa’ Vicha Ratanapakdee, an 84-year-old Thai man, being killed in broad daylight in San Francisco by a violent thug that was caught on video.
Now the pro-crime system in San Francisco has finalized its verdict and the killer is getting away with it.
🚨BREAKING: Man convicted in the 2021 death of a beloved elderly grandfather known as “Grandpa Vicha” will be released on probation.
Antoine Watson violently and unprovoked shoved 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee to the ground in San Francisco, leading to his death.
Judge Linda… pic.twitter.com/ek30Qa1Pmk
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) March 27, 2026
Watson walked free after killing an 84-year-old man in San Francisco in 2021, leaving the community devastated.https://t.co/eSSYNtc02q https://t.co/3h1mCn7a7U pic.twitter.com/NbP4nb93sI
— Monthanus Ratanapakdee (@ratanapakdee) March 27, 2026
The thug who did this is walking away with time served and is walking away with probation after the leftist judge blamed everything except him.
The judge said at the sentencing that imprisonment would have a “poor impact” on Watson.
“She said Mr. Watson has trouble in his life because he’s from a broken family, parents fighting … that doesn’t mean you can kill other people,” Vicha’s daughter, Monthanus Ratanapakdee, told the California Post.
Colfax — a former public defender who has boasted about her “inclusive” courtroom featuring a nameplate with her she/her pronouns — has previously come under fire for the lenient treatment of other accused criminals…
The brutal assault was caught on surveillance video that went viral, sparking a national outcry.
Watson’s defense attorney argued he had a mental breakdown on the day of Ratanapakdee’s killing after a family argument.
He had PTSD after experiencing abuse and was not aware of Ratanapakdee’s age or race when he violently assaulted him, attorneys argued.
“Antoine Watson was a 19-year-old in distress who made a terrible, impulsive decision with devastating consequences,” said Deputy Public Defender Anita Nabha in a statement.
One can but hope that the next time Watson goes for a walk, he meets some of the liberals who made this happen.
Daniel Greenfield
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. Daniel became CEO of the David Horowitz Freedom Center in 2025.
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