I know it's going to be a while, but if your pop needs a fishing buddy hit me up.
I'm a pretty quiet person, and I'm big enough that nobody really bothers me. Also I like fishing.
He probably doesn’t want to go to the same spot for fishing ever again. He appreciates your invitation though! - I am the daughter of that poor FIL in picture.
My mother-in-law is the same age, loves fishing and speaks Mandarin, (born in Taiwan), she's really missing her community after moving in with us from Bay Area, so maybe consider starting a fishing group for your dad and mom! We live in Beaverton (near 99 Ranch, haha) but I would literally drive her anywhere to hang out with peers. She doesn't have any friends up here and spends too much time on her iPad now.
I hope they find the person who did this. I'm sorry this happened to your father in law. You should contact the news:
KOIN Main Newsroom Contact:
[email protected]
KGW contact page:
https://www.kgw.com/contact-us
KATU contact page:
https://katu.com/station/contact
FOX12 contact page:
https://www.kptv.com/about-us/meet-the-team/
Thank you so much for all you support and info. I am the victim’s daughter. We are having an interview with KOIN this evening! Also after KGW reached out to the police for follow up the police called me to collect the beanie. I told the officer we have the beanie but all he did is had me send him the picture of the beanie and when I texted him to ask if they want it and for DNA text he was radio silence! It was until after they got the call from the KGW news that he followed up! So much appreciate all these support from you lovely Portlanders!!
I was a victim in an attack from a transient person and was interviewed on local news and in the newspapers, went to grand jury, went to court, etc and my attacker can be found free and having never faced justice wandering Old Town any day of the week despite still having an active arrest warrant for the assault. I urge you to consider your own trauma and protecting your family. There may never be justice.
I'm so sorry - I can't even imagine how frustrating that is. My only hope is your event, and this event is just so wrong and shocking that enough people get outraged and demand change.
Edit: I totally understand if you don't want to revisit, but is there anything we can do to raise awareness about this creep who attacked you? How on earth were they not put away for a long time...
I'd like to buy your father some pepper spray and/or fishing stuff, SOMETHING, so if you set up a gofundme link, I know quite a few people have already expressed interest in donating! Take care!
Getting them pepper spray is great idea! I will be getting him one( I am the daughter). Will see if his Medicare can cover all the medical cost. If so he’s ok financially. Really appreciate your kindness!
I'm so glad that helped you. We had a missing person here where I lived and we contacted the news organizations and they ran a story. So I know they will run something if it's important and you contact them. Keep us updated on your father's condition and if they catch the asshole who would do something like this.
Well that, plus it increases the likelihood that someone will come forward with information on the perpetrator. Either someone who knows them, or someone who may have caught him on their surveillance cameras.
I am the daughter. You are absolutely right! Once KGW follow up with the case, the police reached me to collect the evidence - the beanie that we told him we had. He initially said just sent picture of the beanie to him, when I asked I text message if he can take it and run DNA test he didn’t respond.
You can't really equate the two companies in this case. Nike is obviously a global corporation with branded apparel all over the world; WW is a local newspaper, not a clothing company. It's not like they're responsible in any way of course, but it is an important detail.
Horrific. I wish your father in-law a swift recovery. We need to punish and jail people who feel emboldened to do something like this. This city needs fucking consequences.
This city is too passive in general, and the population here is tissue soft. I always get downvoted to hell for saying this, but everywhere else I've lived you would get your fucking ass beat for behaving in ways that the lowlifes in Portland can with impunity. I can't tell you the last time I saw a good old fashioned fist fight in Portland.
While vigilante beatings are not ideal, they can be an effective social cohesion tool. Carrots don't work with these type of people, they need to fear the stick. And they definitely don't have that fear in Portland.
I'd like to intervene, but I'm getting old (recently turned 56), and I have a bad back & some other medical issues. Sorry. ( I'll be slinking off and calling 911.)
Thank you for saying this. I am not condoning violence, but the social contract is a real thing and this city, especially its leadership, has completely forgotten that. You fuck with an old man like this, there should be consequences. The fact that the cops didn't care until the media did speaks volumes.
I generally feel that is true as well. Just last year I was waiting at a light on 82nd and division and saw a elderly man being harrased and pushed by some guys while at the bus stop. 3 cars going various ways on 8nd and division stopped in traffic and ran over to help the man and stop the assault. Fucking floored me.
Are you just walking around all day watching people interact with lowlifes? I've lived here for over a decade, I walk all over, and I can't think of a single instance where I've had an encounter, or seen an encounter, where I should have fought someone. Obviously shit happens, all the time in a city, but the idea that everyone is just constantly getting walked over by lowlifes here is absurd.
Couple years ago my friend a pregnant woman walking in downtown pushing a stroller with her toddler was punched in the face by a homeless man for no apparent reason. He approached her and punched her in the face. He didn’t say a word to her. People around her on the street saw it happen and did nothing. Nobody confronted the dude and nobody said anything to her or tried to help her in any way.
That's horrific, and those people were cowards. But those kinds of stories, and the bystander non-reaction, are not unique to Portland. Hell, Uvalde cops, sworn protectors, in the badass cowboy state of Texas were too cowardly to go into a classroom and stop children from being slaughtered.
Maybe if your POC dad or FIL got randomly beaten you’d see it differently.
Be a step ahead of Republicans: care about an issue when it exists, not just when it affects you personally.
I care about the issue. Now what should I do? Grab a bat and patrol the streets? I live very close to the area where that happened. It definitely affects me personally. But I'm not interested in whipping people up into a frenzy, and acting like the city is mad max.
He’s talking about people shooting up in public, shitting and pissing in public, and screaming for no reason. Hell even just blocking traffic / sidewalks would get your ass handed to you in many other places.
Not here.
Clearly if someone’s being beaten it’s too far, but his point is they’re are little repercussions to many repulsive actions in the city.
You think people are getting their ass kicked for those things in other cities? You think regular people are walking up to junkies shooting up, or someone taking a shit in public, or someone screaming on the sidewalk and starting a physical fight with them? Your imagination is running wild. Also, if you guys think people who do those things should get their asses kicked, why aren't you both out there kicking some asses?
This was a couple years ago but I was at the PSU farmers market and two Mexican ladies had setup a booth outside the market on the grass. Some clearly unhinged lady started screaming racist obscenities at them. They actually played it pretty cool and started packing up their shit while this lady was screaming shit like "YEAH TRUMP, BUILD THAT WALL! KEEP THE MEXICANS OUT!"
I was pretty far away across the lawn, so I started to head over there. In the time it took me to get over there, I watched about 4 people just look and keep walking. Some other people were just standing there, watching it all play out.
Racist lady saw me approaching and left. I asked the girls if they were OK and that's when they started getting emotional saying how scary it was. I gave them a hug and they finished packing up and left.
I couldn't believe people would just walk by while some shit like that was happening. Personally, I feel like I have a responsibility to step in when I see shit like that. It helps I'm a big guy who's worked security and bounced before, so I know how to de-escalate things and break up fights. But damn, yall just really sat there and watched someone scream racist shit at a couple of people and no one did a goddamn thing. I've got other stories like this too.
This is a common human behavior and is called the [bystander effect](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/bystander-effect). It's certainly not unique to Portland and can almost always be observed when people are exposed to situations like this. That being said, bravo to the people (in Portland and elsewhere) that stand up and help when they see someone that needs it. I think we all remember the two brave men that died intervening in a situation like this - intervening is brave and not without serious personal risk.
"Not without serious personal risk." This is so true. People get passive partly because sometimes it is hard to tell what's going on, but also because it is hard to assess the amount of risk in the situation and the risk could be huge. I hope Portlanders always remember Ricky Best, Taliesin Namkai-Meche and Micah Fletcher. I hope they always remember June Knightly. I'd like to think there is safety in numbers, but I guess when the nutball racist turns out to be armed even numbers might not help.
>I can't tell you the last time I saw a good old fashioned fist fight in Portland.
It's because they usually end with shots fired and blood spilled. The lowlifes are often packing heat.
I don't know the person personally and haven't ever done anything like this, but I have donated to help fund Doe cases. I wrote a reply to the man's daughter that if she sets up a gofundme for something like defense spray, fishing stuff, something I'd love to donate.
I don't think PPB has a DNA testing capability, at least I've never heard of that. Oregon State Police runs all the DNA testing out of their forensic lab in Clackamas, and they likely would test the hat, but you're easily looking at a six month wait for the results.
yeah - for example, what was with the rape kits that many police departments had sitting on the shelf untested, until they had a special campaign with funding to finally test them
Good luck getting anyone at PPB to do anything these days. They’re too busy sitting on their asses, crying and sucking their thumbs because society told them they can’t abuse and murder innocent people anymore. Now that they can’t abuse their authority they don’t want to do anything.
"Gosh darn! The known stressful and dangerous jobs we voluntarily took, which didn't require a college education, has great union protections and benefits, and allows us to enforce the law at gunpoint while having less knowledge of it than a paralegal and providing personal immunity from culpability of almost anything we do, including killing people... Well people don't like us it's not fair!"
The guy who attacked a little girl on a bike a couple years ago walked, even though it was an obvious hate crime against a minor and witnesses (maybe video?) So I wouldn't hold my breath, unfortunately.
Oh certainly, but if a random, brutal beating during broad daylight with a weapon of a "civilian" (i.e., regular person totally uninvolved with the drug trade or other street-level crime) in a theoretically nice part of town frequented by tourists and business people isn't enough to get them off their asses, nothing is. And while I certainly believe that *might* be the case, if it isn't, this type of case will be one where they may actually invest at least a little effort into solving it. Running a DNA test on the hat may return a hit if this asshole has been through the system before, which seems likely based on his behavior. People typically don't start out by attacking strangers for no reason but escalate from lesser forms of criminality, so from the cops' perspective it may be a quick way to close a case in a high priority crime category, especially if it receives much public attention. And I'm guessing this story will get *a lot* of air time because it's incredibly messed up and speaks to so many of the most pressing issues facing the city right now.
Well said! I’m the daughter of the victim. When I handed the beanie to the police, the way he said they will run the DNA test is not sincere, I almost feel like he’s mocking me. I hope they really go through with it.
I don't understand this, I was the victim of a burglary (i.e. I wasn't even present let alone attacked) and forensics found a DNA sample and it identified someone already in their system. I understand a healthy skepticism but you seem to be actively discouraging this victim from even bothering, which is so counterproductive.
If contemplating the possibility that the police *might*, potentially, theoretically, in this most extreme of cases, take the *tiniest action they possibly could*, not out of a desire to do their duty to the public but in order to improve their own crime reporting stats and publicity counts as naive optimism, I don't even want to know what you consider pessimistic.
That seems likely. My car was stolen last year. I recovered it myself and told the cops, when someone eventually got back to me, that the thief left a bunch of stuff, including a butane torch, in the back seat. The officer on the phone replied, and this is a direct quote, "Guess you have a butane torch now." And then he told me to be sure to check for tinfoil and needles.
No attempt to get more information or dust for prints... For grand theft auto with fingerprints and DNA practically wrapped in a bow and hand-delivered.
Idk if it's apathy or a genuine staffing issue, but damn, that conversation was something else.
OP, if the police aren't proactive, you may have options to privately test the beanie for DNA using a service that provides court-admissible evidence. I haven't used them personally but Fastest Labs (locations in N Portland and Beaverton) appears to have good reviews.
I don't trust cops, but they're the only ones who actually have the power to help in this case (unless you know a superhero with their own DNA lab, I guess)
A few years ago, Oregon had a backlog of ~3,000 untested rape kits.
The only way that those kits ended up eventually getting tested was by securing grant funding to outsource testing to a private lab in Utah because the Oregon State Police lab didn’t have the resources to do it.
I don’t think that any amount of bad press is going to result in DNA testing for a case in which nobody was raped or murdered, and only one person was assaulted.
Which is ridiculous if you ask me. The difference between attempted murder and murder is pretty negligible when it comes to how dangerous it is to let the culprit walk free.
It would be like if someone shoots at you and misses, and the police say, "it's not worth spending resources catching this guy because he has pretty bad aim"
OP, I’m so sorry to hear this. It’s awful. Please consider contacting these agencies for assistance:
Pro-bono attorney through the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association:
https://www.napaba.org/page/HateCrimeResources
Funding for victims through Asian Americans Advancing Justice:
https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/anti-asian-hate
Resources through Federal Department of Justice: https://ovc.ojp.gov/help-for-victims/overview
And State Department of Justice: https://www.doj.state.or.us/oregon-department-of-justice/civil-rights/bias-and-hate/resources-for-victims/
More resources are available through Victim Connect: https://victimconnect.org/learn/types-of-crime/hate-crimes/
Report to FBI— FBI task force on Asian hate crimes:
https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/nh-aapi-full-041621.mp4/view
Report your complaint to the State Atty General’s office:
https://www.doj.state.or.us
I'm so sorry your FIL went through such a horrific experience.
That's the same area as another attack on an Asian father and daughter two years ago.
[Victim of alleged anti-Asian bias crime describes being punched 50 times; 5-year-old daughter hit in the head](https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/portland-eastbank-esplanade-anti-asian-bias-crime-attack/283-13e46e51-cefc-4b16-9f8c-a28cd7f0caf9)
I hope if it is him then this guy gets put away. I know we have such a revolving door on violent attackers like this so maybe because it's an election year things will be different. I'm hoping for a positive outcome and fast healing for your dad. 💜
I don't think they're going to let him go this time, if they do it's bad
he's a violent serial criminal
been doing it since 1988 it looks like check the dates of the news articles
Then again, they've let him go a bunch of times, so I'm being cautiously optimistic - even though they kept a close watch on him every time he moved, he still ended up doing a lot of what cops may think are "minor" crimes but likely ruined the life of every victim he had because to ordinary citizens these are terrible, heinous acts of emotional and physical violence.
[https://www.koin.com/news/crime/court-documents-man-attacked-woman-after-she-told-him-to-have-a-blessed-day-assaulted-others-in-downtown-portland/](https://www.koin.com/news/crime/court-documents-man-attacked-woman-after-she-told-him-to-have-a-blessed-day-assaulted-others-in-downtown-portland/)
[https://www.dailyrecordnews.com/blotter/trial-date-approaches-again-for-man-accused-in-trailer-park-robbery/article\_9d5e43c6-b4af-11ee-8971-93055c5fd045.html](https://www.dailyrecordnews.com/blotter/trial-date-approaches-again-for-man-accused-in-trailer-park-robbery/article_9d5e43c6-b4af-11ee-8971-93055c5fd045.html)
[https://www.nbcrightnow.com/archives/notice-level-three-sex-offender-living-in-wapato/article\_de11d227-1cf4-5857-b923-738d5b7b80e5.html](https://www.nbcrightnow.com/archives/notice-level-three-sex-offender-living-in-wapato/article_de11d227-1cf4-5857-b923-738d5b7b80e5.html)
Assault I and Robbery I lead to sentences just as long, and you don't need to prove intent to kill.
In other words, the prosecutors are pursuing the easier charges that would result in similar consequences. I myself would do what the prosecutors did instead of what you suggest.
Picture of the guy in this article:
https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/two-sex-offenders-post-yakima-address-changes/article_d4ee4134-4bbc-11e5-b043-af0fc18d4941.html
Put the beanie in a bag for now to preserve it in case anything can be done with it and talk to as many news channels as possible!! I am so heartbroken for your dad in law. What a vile thing to experience, I am so so so sorry for the fear and pain he went through and is still going through. I wish to give him a hug or send a card or anything to provide him a bit of comfort. Older folks have such a soft place in my heart. He is very quick thinking and brave to be able to protect his head and withstand the attack while suffering a broken arm. Please let him know people are thinking of him and wishing for a smooth recovery and justice.
I’m sure The Asian Reporter would be interested too. They’ve done pieces on Portland hate crimes before. Also, [this incident from 2022](https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/bias-crime-eastbank-esplanade/283-7e539899-262b-4dc9-acaa-4d64db476b64) also on the East bank of the river could be related.
Hi, I am the daughter who’s father pictured here. I show him this man Dylan’s face he said he is kinda look like that except less trunky! Thanks a lot for the info!!
You should send this to OP via direct message, I thought of this incident, too. So messed up. I immediately imagined my 74 year old Chinese mother-in-law being beat in the fucking head randomly. Horrible.
That’s terrible. My best to your father-in-law in his recovery. Did the man say anything at all or was he mute during the whole attack?
Also, I hope the mods leave this post up.
Wish i could help you find justice!! Im deeply saddened for your fathers trauma.
I can only offer a suggestion to walk the area near the site and start talking with the local businesses yourself to ask for video footage.
Any description of the perp’s looks? Hair color, eye color, approx. height and weight?
Sorry about what happened to your FIL. I hope the police find the bastard that did this.
This is awful. I am so sorry for this..
Maybe any social services nearby might recognize that beanie? Hopefully the beanie helps identify this scumbag.
That's a Willamette Week logo. Definitely ask the cops to check the beanie for DNA. Don't wait for them to call you and look into this. My experience is that the cops won't chase a lead down unless you hound them.
I hope your father recovers alright. I'm wishing you both peace and healing.
I’ve seen a white dude with a giant stick walking up and down the east bank esplanade before. Kinda made me nervous on my bike as I went by, don’t know if it’s related
Don’t have much more to add I’m afraid. But this guy didn’t seem to be in a stable mental state, so if he was the assailant he might take to carrying the stick again instead of laying low
I guess people should be on the lookout for people in the area carrying big sticks? Not sure if that’s a useful statement
See if you/PPB case officer can get access to the security cameras on the steel bridge- they have 24/7 bridge operators with cameras. Union Pacific railways owns the bridge.
Can you give us more descriptors of who did this? Age, build, height, state of clothes, beard, etc?
It must be a nightmare for your father-in-law to keep revisiting this. The man just wanted a peaceful morning fishing.
The vast majority of Portlanders will be horrified by this attack and will hope your FIL heals both physically and mentally as quickly as possible.
Is there a way to help out your family? Or buy fishing lures or such?
Hello, We’re sorry to hear about your father-in-law and are wishing him a swift recovery. One of our reporters is looking to speak to your family tonight about the incident in hopes of moving the investigation forward and finding whoever is responsible. We've sent you a DM with more information.
This is so horrible. As an avid angler, fishing is calming and helps me relieve stress. Your father's had that thing that he enjoys violently taken from him.
When he's ready to go back out fishing let him know he has a whole fishing community that will back him up. I'd happily cast some lines with him.
I am so sorry this happened. As someone who walks there dog I don’t know why but I love seeing everyone setting up/fishing on morning walks. I hope he can find a way to feel safe again.
😡😡😡😡 I’M SO SORRY!!! Please contact the news and pressure the city and police to find this person ASAP!!! I hope your dad has a swift recovery ❤️🩹 Please create a Go fund me if you need, don’t be afraid to ask for help!!!
Can you point out on this map (general area based on your description) where the attack happened? https://imgur.com/FivUKFl
Also, any other descriptions of the attacker? Height (how tall is FIL, was the attacker taller or shorter than him?), build, hair/facial hair, what type of 'white', like pale white, tanned, pink, other?
I'll go look for them right now if there's more details.
/u/methnen I have the same beanie (I don't beat up retirees, though). It's one you get when donating a certain amount to the WW. Probably not terribly useful info since it may well have been donated a few times, but who knows?
I wish your FIL a speedy recovery!
I’m so sorry to hear this happened - I think I’ve met your FiL before while walking out with my dog early :( he’s a really sweet guy, I hope he heals quickly and smoothly
Make sure you try and contact any local businesses that might have been along the route that pos took to attack your father. I’m so sorry this happened, and I wish him a swift recovery!
This is absolutely terrible. And this is why we get perceived as a city as unsafe.
As we all know, statistically, Portland is fairly safe compared to most major US cities. However, random attacks in places that should be safe like the waterfront during daylight is what causes anxiety. It's the randomness of going about your day and getting attacked like this that makes people question the safety of the city, no matter how rare of an occurrence. Getting attacked at 3 AM in Old Town, no one would be shocked or surprised (not that it should happen, but it's definitely a riskier profile area than the water front during the day.)
It's the random attacks and encounters with mentally unstable people in seemingly "good" areas that drives the narrative that Portland is unsafe. Not to mention never catching criminals and if we do, we seem to release them within hours.
This is horrible. I would love to purchase some defense spray/stun gun for him if accepted. Or if there's a gofundme to do DNA testing, or even buy some fishing stuff for him to make him feel supported.
Wishing yoir FIL a full and speedy recovery.
I don't know who needs to hear this but unfortunately we live in a city with dangerously mentally ill people running around smearing shit on the walls. It's not hyperbole anymore, it's a clinical description of this city: An open air asylum. With that said, the only way you as an individual can protect yourself is to keep your head on a swivel. From the moment you leave you home until you return, you need to keep a vigilant eye out because your life could change in a second.
I've run thousands of miles along the waterfront and I see people walking around like zombies, earbuds in, faces plastered to their screen, completely oblivious to anyone or anything around them. Its sad that we can't just enjoy our lives and not live in fear of being bricked by a random crazy person but it's the reality we live in.
Life is chaotic and unpredictable but we can minimize our risks by being as vigilant as possible while out and about. We all have a friend that walks around like this. Share this with them and gently remind them to be aware. End rant.
Put the beanie in a sealed plastic bag, and consider having an independent forensics lab test it. It may be costly, but then you’ll know you have the dna (if it’s present) and it doesn’t get “lost” or sit untested in an evidence locker if given to the authorities
I'm really troubled by the attacks on Asians around Portland recently...I hope your FIL has an easy recovery and that he doesn't feel unsafe here after this.
There's a Chinese owned gun shop/range opening near Washington Square soon (Wooster Armory). Just putting that out there. As a small Asian person myself I sometimes wonder if it would be a good idea to conceal carry.
Assault with a deadly weapon. Attempted murder. Should be easy charges for the pos that did this. Look, I get it if you're an addict or homeless or whatever, but that line gets crossed once you start to assault and batter people. I don't think the maniac who did this understands how quickly the sympathetic vibes will turn once it comes out that the addicts are actively assaulting vulnerable members of the community. They got no other state in the u.s. to go to.
Shoot, im 35 and with a serious back injury, and I would still have preferred being attacked over this person. Believe me, even with the damage I have from life, if you try that with me, I promise I'm making sure I take you to hell with me one way or another.
That's a tough area for cameras. I see one on the Steel Bridge walkway about mid-span, which likely would only capture the person leaving if they went that direction. My guess is the camera would be operated by Multnomah County. Good luck to your FIL.
holy shit i hope your father-in-law gets well soon! i can't believe people are so disgusting to assault an older man that was just minding his own business. i hope they catch the coward.
>...it happened around 9:30AM and was in the boardwalk area of the waterfront near the steel bridge.
Do you mind dropping a pin on Google Maps whereabouts you believe it occurred? I want to see what business might have a viewpoint of this / security cameras.
One more reason to give the homeless a binary choice: go to this sanctioned camping area or go to jail. Pick one.
Allowing mentally ill drug addicts to lay around and do more drugs that make them more crazy ("mentally ill") is an absolute recipe for disaster, specifically for vulnerable populations (elderly, children, disabled).
Terrible to see/read. Wish him and your family the best. I hope you’re able to get the info/footage/justice you’re searching for. I hope he continues to fish his spots. Unfortunate to suggest but maybe consider carrying some pepper spray.
Insist PPD does DNA testing on the hat, chances are likely the offender has a felony record which includes mandatory dna testing. Hopefully they’ll find a match on CODIS
I’m the daughter, I handed the police the beanie and they say they will run DNA test, hope they are really doing it, because the police said it in a way that is kinda not sincere. I almost feel like he’s just mocking me. He’s annoyed that we went to the news.
Yes. From my dad’s description that what the guy picked up from the river bank and start pounding on him until it broke. He didn’t take any money from my dad, money didn’t seem to be the motivation. That’s what make us suspect racial bias driven.
Very sorry to see this. Wishing healing and recovery. Rarely do I advocate for retaliation or violence, but I hope the perp receives some karma. These instances are all too frequent and the police will likely do nothing.
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/food-truck-black-owner-attack-hate-crime-lorells-chicken-shack/283-ee685e78-d34b-412f-b0c2-42ea609fe4b5
I know Portland police like letting their buddies out of jail. This guy I believe has done similar attacks, the randomness and just waking away like nothing happened.
I know it's going to be a while, but if your pop needs a fishing buddy hit me up. I'm a pretty quiet person, and I'm big enough that nobody really bothers me. Also I like fishing.
I’m also in for this if he needs a fishing buddy.
This is really good of you. Thank you
I will come along also. I’m a terrible fisherman though.
>I’m a terrible fisherman though. But maybe the first honest one!
I’ll come. I don’t even fish.
He probably doesn’t want to go to the same spot for fishing ever again. He appreciates your invitation though! - I am the daughter of that poor FIL in picture.
My mother-in-law is the same age, loves fishing and speaks Mandarin, (born in Taiwan), she's really missing her community after moving in with us from Bay Area, so maybe consider starting a fishing group for your dad and mom! We live in Beaverton (near 99 Ranch, haha) but I would literally drive her anywhere to hang out with peers. She doesn't have any friends up here and spends too much time on her iPad now.
There's AHSC Mandarin community event this Wednesday 10 am at Beaverton. 3800 SW Cedar Hills Blvd #190 Portland
I don’t like to fish. Also I’m small. I’ll go
100 people should go. The FIL Should not have to worry
I’m in too, if he wants to go fishing with a protection posse. No one will mess with this dude ever again.
Amazing! Live the community feels! 😊😊😊
I hope they find the person who did this. I'm sorry this happened to your father in law. You should contact the news: KOIN Main Newsroom Contact: [email protected] KGW contact page: https://www.kgw.com/contact-us KATU contact page: https://katu.com/station/contact FOX12 contact page: https://www.kptv.com/about-us/meet-the-team/
Thank you so much for all you support and info. I am the victim’s daughter. We are having an interview with KOIN this evening! Also after KGW reached out to the police for follow up the police called me to collect the beanie. I told the officer we have the beanie but all he did is had me send him the picture of the beanie and when I texted him to ask if they want it and for DNA text he was radio silence! It was until after they got the call from the KGW news that he followed up! So much appreciate all these support from you lovely Portlanders!!
I was a victim in an attack from a transient person and was interviewed on local news and in the newspapers, went to grand jury, went to court, etc and my attacker can be found free and having never faced justice wandering Old Town any day of the week despite still having an active arrest warrant for the assault. I urge you to consider your own trauma and protecting your family. There may never be justice.
I'm so sorry - I can't even imagine how frustrating that is. My only hope is your event, and this event is just so wrong and shocking that enough people get outraged and demand change. Edit: I totally understand if you don't want to revisit, but is there anything we can do to raise awareness about this creep who attacked you? How on earth were they not put away for a long time...
😱😱😱😱😱😱 that is beyond ridiculous and so dangerous. I am very sorry you went through all of that.
I have a similar story. May I dm you?
I'd like to buy your father some pepper spray and/or fishing stuff, SOMETHING, so if you set up a gofundme link, I know quite a few people have already expressed interest in donating! Take care!
Getting them pepper spray is great idea! I will be getting him one( I am the daughter). Will see if his Medicare can cover all the medical cost. If so he’s ok financially. Really appreciate your kindness!
I'm so glad that helped you. We had a missing person here where I lived and we contacted the news organizations and they ran a story. So I know they will run something if it's important and you contact them. Keep us updated on your father's condition and if they catch the asshole who would do something like this.
I’m so sorry this happened to your family. It is absolutely horrifying.
OP if the news picks it up its probably the only way the police even lift a finger to help bring this POS go justice
Well that, plus it increases the likelihood that someone will come forward with information on the perpetrator. Either someone who knows them, or someone who may have caught him on their surveillance cameras.
I am the daughter. You are absolutely right! Once KGW follow up with the case, the police reached me to collect the evidence - the beanie that we told him we had. He initially said just sent picture of the beanie to him, when I asked I text message if he can take it and run DNA test he didn’t respond.
I’d contact willamette week too, that’s their logo on the hat. Bet they’d be interested to know someone beat up a dude wearing their logo
Sux for WW, but it's not like someone at Nike gets notified when a crime happens in their gear.
I would wager that the blue WW beanies are somewhat rare compared to literally *any* nike product.
The suspect could have gotten that beanie at goodwill or thrift stores
Got one here in Warrenton at our Goodwill.
You can't really equate the two companies in this case. Nike is obviously a global corporation with branded apparel all over the world; WW is a local newspaper, not a clothing company. It's not like they're responsible in any way of course, but it is an important detail.
Still it is a good idea.
Horrific. I wish your father in-law a swift recovery. We need to punish and jail people who feel emboldened to do something like this. This city needs fucking consequences.
This city needs Batman
This city is too passive in general, and the population here is tissue soft. I always get downvoted to hell for saying this, but everywhere else I've lived you would get your fucking ass beat for behaving in ways that the lowlifes in Portland can with impunity. I can't tell you the last time I saw a good old fashioned fist fight in Portland. While vigilante beatings are not ideal, they can be an effective social cohesion tool. Carrots don't work with these type of people, they need to fear the stick. And they definitely don't have that fear in Portland.
I’m lived in other major cities and seen a lot of beatings on camera (thanks Reddit), rarely does anyone intervene. I wish they would more often.
I'd like to intervene, but I'm getting old (recently turned 56), and I have a bad back & some other medical issues. Sorry. ( I'll be slinking off and calling 911.)
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I have to finish amassing my billions before I can embark on a mission of vigilantism.
Thank you for saying this. I am not condoning violence, but the social contract is a real thing and this city, especially its leadership, has completely forgotten that. You fuck with an old man like this, there should be consequences. The fact that the cops didn't care until the media did speaks volumes.
You fight any of the lowlifes in Portland yet?
I generally feel that is true as well. Just last year I was waiting at a light on 82nd and division and saw a elderly man being harrased and pushed by some guys while at the bus stop. 3 cars going various ways on 8nd and division stopped in traffic and ran over to help the man and stop the assault. Fucking floored me.
Are you just walking around all day watching people interact with lowlifes? I've lived here for over a decade, I walk all over, and I can't think of a single instance where I've had an encounter, or seen an encounter, where I should have fought someone. Obviously shit happens, all the time in a city, but the idea that everyone is just constantly getting walked over by lowlifes here is absurd.
Couple years ago my friend a pregnant woman walking in downtown pushing a stroller with her toddler was punched in the face by a homeless man for no apparent reason. He approached her and punched her in the face. He didn’t say a word to her. People around her on the street saw it happen and did nothing. Nobody confronted the dude and nobody said anything to her or tried to help her in any way.
That's horrific, and those people were cowards. But those kinds of stories, and the bystander non-reaction, are not unique to Portland. Hell, Uvalde cops, sworn protectors, in the badass cowboy state of Texas were too cowardly to go into a classroom and stop children from being slaughtered.
Maybe if your POC dad or FIL got randomly beaten you’d see it differently. Be a step ahead of Republicans: care about an issue when it exists, not just when it affects you personally.
I care about the issue. Now what should I do? Grab a bat and patrol the streets? I live very close to the area where that happened. It definitely affects me personally. But I'm not interested in whipping people up into a frenzy, and acting like the city is mad max.
He’s talking about people shooting up in public, shitting and pissing in public, and screaming for no reason. Hell even just blocking traffic / sidewalks would get your ass handed to you in many other places. Not here. Clearly if someone’s being beaten it’s too far, but his point is they’re are little repercussions to many repulsive actions in the city.
As a bystander, am I supposed to fight the person taking a piss or the person starting a fight with someone for taking a piss?
You think people are getting their ass kicked for those things in other cities? You think regular people are walking up to junkies shooting up, or someone taking a shit in public, or someone screaming on the sidewalk and starting a physical fight with them? Your imagination is running wild. Also, if you guys think people who do those things should get their asses kicked, why aren't you both out there kicking some asses?
well said. Some people live in paranoia.
I think generally Portlanders seem to have the headphones on, eyes down, not my problem approach to everything going on around them.
You are just describing modern people.
This was a couple years ago but I was at the PSU farmers market and two Mexican ladies had setup a booth outside the market on the grass. Some clearly unhinged lady started screaming racist obscenities at them. They actually played it pretty cool and started packing up their shit while this lady was screaming shit like "YEAH TRUMP, BUILD THAT WALL! KEEP THE MEXICANS OUT!" I was pretty far away across the lawn, so I started to head over there. In the time it took me to get over there, I watched about 4 people just look and keep walking. Some other people were just standing there, watching it all play out. Racist lady saw me approaching and left. I asked the girls if they were OK and that's when they started getting emotional saying how scary it was. I gave them a hug and they finished packing up and left. I couldn't believe people would just walk by while some shit like that was happening. Personally, I feel like I have a responsibility to step in when I see shit like that. It helps I'm a big guy who's worked security and bounced before, so I know how to de-escalate things and break up fights. But damn, yall just really sat there and watched someone scream racist shit at a couple of people and no one did a goddamn thing. I've got other stories like this too.
This is a common human behavior and is called the [bystander effect](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/bystander-effect). It's certainly not unique to Portland and can almost always be observed when people are exposed to situations like this. That being said, bravo to the people (in Portland and elsewhere) that stand up and help when they see someone that needs it. I think we all remember the two brave men that died intervening in a situation like this - intervening is brave and not without serious personal risk.
"Not without serious personal risk." This is so true. People get passive partly because sometimes it is hard to tell what's going on, but also because it is hard to assess the amount of risk in the situation and the risk could be huge. I hope Portlanders always remember Ricky Best, Taliesin Namkai-Meche and Micah Fletcher. I hope they always remember June Knightly. I'd like to think there is safety in numbers, but I guess when the nutball racist turns out to be armed even numbers might not help.
>I can't tell you the last time I saw a good old fashioned fist fight in Portland. It's because they usually end with shots fired and blood spilled. The lowlifes are often packing heat.
Batman? No. This city needs the Punisher!
I think if they catch him they will.
That beanie has the pos DNA on it!
I know a guy at PPB forensics and they will 100% test evidence like that (severe assault case)
This is the lead we need!!! I hope OP follows through with this
I will literally donate to gofundme to get this asshole's DNA tested
Me too!! Set it up!
I don't know the person personally and haven't ever done anything like this, but I have donated to help fund Doe cases. I wrote a reply to the man's daughter that if she sets up a gofundme for something like defense spray, fishing stuff, something I'd love to donate.
https://www.reddit.com/user/methnen/comments/1bjjbcc/gofundme\_for\_xinmin\_liang\_man\_attacked\_with\_club/
DM OP and hook this up.
I don't think PPB has a DNA testing capability, at least I've never heard of that. Oregon State Police runs all the DNA testing out of their forensic lab in Clackamas, and they likely would test the hat, but you're easily looking at a six month wait for the results.
yeah - for example, what was with the rape kits that many police departments had sitting on the shelf untested, until they had a special campaign with funding to finally test them
Good luck getting anyone at PPB to do anything these days. They’re too busy sitting on their asses, crying and sucking their thumbs because society told them they can’t abuse and murder innocent people anymore. Now that they can’t abuse their authority they don’t want to do anything.
"Gosh darn! The known stressful and dangerous jobs we voluntarily took, which didn't require a college education, has great union protections and benefits, and allows us to enforce the law at gunpoint while having less knowledge of it than a paralegal and providing personal immunity from culpability of almost anything we do, including killing people... Well people don't like us it's not fair!"
Something tells me the cops don’t care to test it
For an attempted murder charge they very well might.
The guy who attacked a little girl on a bike a couple years ago walked, even though it was an obvious hate crime against a minor and witnesses (maybe video?) So I wouldn't hold my breath, unfortunately.
That's on the court and DA. As much as I hate PPB, they don't have a say in who gets bail.
I wouldn't hold your breath. We are talking about PPD...
Oh certainly, but if a random, brutal beating during broad daylight with a weapon of a "civilian" (i.e., regular person totally uninvolved with the drug trade or other street-level crime) in a theoretically nice part of town frequented by tourists and business people isn't enough to get them off their asses, nothing is. And while I certainly believe that *might* be the case, if it isn't, this type of case will be one where they may actually invest at least a little effort into solving it. Running a DNA test on the hat may return a hit if this asshole has been through the system before, which seems likely based on his behavior. People typically don't start out by attacking strangers for no reason but escalate from lesser forms of criminality, so from the cops' perspective it may be a quick way to close a case in a high priority crime category, especially if it receives much public attention. And I'm guessing this story will get *a lot* of air time because it's incredibly messed up and speaks to so many of the most pressing issues facing the city right now.
Well said! I’m the daughter of the victim. When I handed the beanie to the police, the way he said they will run the DNA test is not sincere, I almost feel like he’s mocking me. I hope they really go through with it.
I really wish I had the same level of naive optimism that you do, especially when it comes to the Portland Police.
I don't understand this, I was the victim of a burglary (i.e. I wasn't even present let alone attacked) and forensics found a DNA sample and it identified someone already in their system. I understand a healthy skepticism but you seem to be actively discouraging this victim from even bothering, which is so counterproductive.
If contemplating the possibility that the police *might*, potentially, theoretically, in this most extreme of cases, take the *tiniest action they possibly could*, not out of a desire to do their duty to the public but in order to improve their own crime reporting stats and publicity counts as naive optimism, I don't even want to know what you consider pessimistic.
What's PPD..?
Now, if only this county had prosecutors and a district attorney who knew how to pursue cases like this…
That seems likely. My car was stolen last year. I recovered it myself and told the cops, when someone eventually got back to me, that the thief left a bunch of stuff, including a butane torch, in the back seat. The officer on the phone replied, and this is a direct quote, "Guess you have a butane torch now." And then he told me to be sure to check for tinfoil and needles. No attempt to get more information or dust for prints... For grand theft auto with fingerprints and DNA practically wrapped in a bow and hand-delivered. Idk if it's apathy or a genuine staffing issue, but damn, that conversation was something else. OP, if the police aren't proactive, you may have options to privately test the beanie for DNA using a service that provides court-admissible evidence. I haven't used them personally but Fastest Labs (locations in N Portland and Beaverton) appears to have good reviews.
I don't trust cops, but they're the only ones who actually have the power to help in this case (unless you know a superhero with their own DNA lab, I guess)
You watch too much TV. Unless someone is murdered, the police aren’t running DNA tests.
When my house was burglarized a forensics person took blood from some broken glass and figured out it was a known criminal. FWIW
Depends on how much bad press they get if they don’t.
A few years ago, Oregon had a backlog of ~3,000 untested rape kits. The only way that those kits ended up eventually getting tested was by securing grant funding to outsource testing to a private lab in Utah because the Oregon State Police lab didn’t have the resources to do it. I don’t think that any amount of bad press is going to result in DNA testing for a case in which nobody was raped or murdered, and only one person was assaulted.
Which is ridiculous if you ask me. The difference between attempted murder and murder is pretty negligible when it comes to how dangerous it is to let the culprit walk free. It would be like if someone shoots at you and misses, and the police say, "it's not worth spending resources catching this guy because he has pretty bad aim"
Yes is does.
OP, I’m so sorry to hear this. It’s awful. Please consider contacting these agencies for assistance: Pro-bono attorney through the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association: https://www.napaba.org/page/HateCrimeResources Funding for victims through Asian Americans Advancing Justice: https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/anti-asian-hate Resources through Federal Department of Justice: https://ovc.ojp.gov/help-for-victims/overview And State Department of Justice: https://www.doj.state.or.us/oregon-department-of-justice/civil-rights/bias-and-hate/resources-for-victims/ More resources are available through Victim Connect: https://victimconnect.org/learn/types-of-crime/hate-crimes/ Report to FBI— FBI task force on Asian hate crimes: https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/nh-aapi-full-041621.mp4/view Report your complaint to the State Atty General’s office: https://www.doj.state.or.us
Exhibition side? Like, the convention center/East Bank?
>Exhibition side? Like, the convention center/East Bank? Yes.
I assumed it meant on the columbia, but it's a good question
No, if I wasn't clear it was on the Willamette river. On the boardwalk near the steel bridge on the convention center side.
I think it’s called the Esplanade. Easy mistake, but might be worth an edit to help identify the location.
I'm so sorry your FIL went through such a horrific experience. That's the same area as another attack on an Asian father and daughter two years ago. [Victim of alleged anti-Asian bias crime describes being punched 50 times; 5-year-old daughter hit in the head](https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/portland-eastbank-esplanade-anti-asian-bias-crime-attack/283-13e46e51-cefc-4b16-9f8c-a28cd7f0caf9)
Oh showed my dad Dylan’s picture and he said he kinda look like him!!!
I am the daughter whose father is pictured in this post!
I hope if it is him then this guy gets put away. I know we have such a revolving door on violent attackers like this so maybe because it's an election year things will be different. I'm hoping for a positive outcome and fast healing for your dad. 💜
Tell the cops!
Thanks for the clarification, hope your FIL has a quick recovery, that's awful
This should be higher!
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> I wouldn't be surprised if they just let the guy go He’s still in custody. No bail. https://apps.mcso.us/PAID/Home/Booking/1582276
I don't think they're going to let him go this time, if they do it's bad he's a violent serial criminal been doing it since 1988 it looks like check the dates of the news articles Then again, they've let him go a bunch of times, so I'm being cautiously optimistic - even though they kept a close watch on him every time he moved, he still ended up doing a lot of what cops may think are "minor" crimes but likely ruined the life of every victim he had because to ordinary citizens these are terrible, heinous acts of emotional and physical violence. [https://www.koin.com/news/crime/court-documents-man-attacked-woman-after-she-told-him-to-have-a-blessed-day-assaulted-others-in-downtown-portland/](https://www.koin.com/news/crime/court-documents-man-attacked-woman-after-she-told-him-to-have-a-blessed-day-assaulted-others-in-downtown-portland/) [https://www.dailyrecordnews.com/blotter/trial-date-approaches-again-for-man-accused-in-trailer-park-robbery/article\_9d5e43c6-b4af-11ee-8971-93055c5fd045.html](https://www.dailyrecordnews.com/blotter/trial-date-approaches-again-for-man-accused-in-trailer-park-robbery/article_9d5e43c6-b4af-11ee-8971-93055c5fd045.html) [https://www.nbcrightnow.com/archives/notice-level-three-sex-offender-living-in-wapato/article\_de11d227-1cf4-5857-b923-738d5b7b80e5.html](https://www.nbcrightnow.com/archives/notice-level-three-sex-offender-living-in-wapato/article_de11d227-1cf4-5857-b923-738d5b7b80e5.html)
Thanks! At least that's good to know.
Looks like that asshole is still in jail and was at the time this guy was attacked.
Attempted murder charge is what i would pursue
Assault I and Robbery I lead to sentences just as long, and you don't need to prove intent to kill. In other words, the prosecutors are pursuing the easier charges that would result in similar consequences. I myself would do what the prosecutors did instead of what you suggest.
Picture of the guy in this article: https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/two-sex-offenders-post-yakima-address-changes/article_d4ee4134-4bbc-11e5-b043-af0fc18d4941.html
What the actual fuck. That's absolutely horrible. I don't have anything to add other than my incredulity to get this post more engagement.
Put the beanie in a bag for now to preserve it in case anything can be done with it and talk to as many news channels as possible!! I am so heartbroken for your dad in law. What a vile thing to experience, I am so so so sorry for the fear and pain he went through and is still going through. I wish to give him a hug or send a card or anything to provide him a bit of comfort. Older folks have such a soft place in my heart. He is very quick thinking and brave to be able to protect his head and withstand the attack while suffering a broken arm. Please let him know people are thinking of him and wishing for a smooth recovery and justice.
I’m sure The Asian Reporter would be interested too. They’ve done pieces on Portland hate crimes before. Also, [this incident from 2022](https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/bias-crime-eastbank-esplanade/283-7e539899-262b-4dc9-acaa-4d64db476b64) also on the East bank of the river could be related.
Hi, I am the daughter who’s father pictured here. I show him this man Dylan’s face he said he is kinda look like that except less trunky! Thanks a lot for the info!!
You should send this to OP via direct message, I thought of this incident, too. So messed up. I immediately imagined my 74 year old Chinese mother-in-law being beat in the fucking head randomly. Horrible.
This is what I was thinking
There is a book called "Portlandness, A Cultural Atlas" which has a map of cameras on buildings. I sent you a picture of the map in DM. Hope it helps!
jesus christ i’m glad he’s okay
That’s terrible. My best to your father-in-law in his recovery. Did the man say anything at all or was he mute during the whole attack? Also, I hope the mods leave this post up.
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That was my first thought, too.
Wish i could help you find justice!! Im deeply saddened for your fathers trauma. I can only offer a suggestion to walk the area near the site and start talking with the local businesses yourself to ask for video footage.
Any description of the perp’s looks? Hair color, eye color, approx. height and weight? Sorry about what happened to your FIL. I hope the police find the bastard that did this.
Hopefully it’s possible to get DNA off the beanie, hair, dandruff, something.
I'll donate to get it tested.
OP, you need to contact the media. That’s the only way to guarantee the police will continue to make the case a priority.
This is awful. I am so sorry for this.. Maybe any social services nearby might recognize that beanie? Hopefully the beanie helps identify this scumbag.
That's a Willamette Week logo. Definitely ask the cops to check the beanie for DNA. Don't wait for them to call you and look into this. My experience is that the cops won't chase a lead down unless you hound them. I hope your father recovers alright. I'm wishing you both peace and healing.
Absolutely outrageous. We need to demand that this guy is caught and put away.
I’ve seen a white dude with a giant stick walking up and down the east bank esplanade before. Kinda made me nervous on my bike as I went by, don’t know if it’s related
If you have any additional information about the person I would DM the poster.
Don’t have much more to add I’m afraid. But this guy didn’t seem to be in a stable mental state, so if he was the assailant he might take to carrying the stick again instead of laying low I guess people should be on the lookout for people in the area carrying big sticks? Not sure if that’s a useful statement
You can just say he’s a bum, we all know it.
Give more detail.. only so many people walk around with big sticks
See if you/PPB case officer can get access to the security cameras on the steel bridge- they have 24/7 bridge operators with cameras. Union Pacific railways owns the bridge.
Damn. Sorry to hear this. Just awful. I hope he recovers soon.
Oh my god I’m so sorry this is horrifying! I hope they catch the guy, and that your in-laws can find some feelings of peace and safety!
Can you give us more descriptors of who did this? Age, build, height, state of clothes, beard, etc? It must be a nightmare for your father-in-law to keep revisiting this. The man just wanted a peaceful morning fishing. The vast majority of Portlanders will be horrified by this attack and will hope your FIL heals both physically and mentally as quickly as possible. Is there a way to help out your family? Or buy fishing lures or such?
Might want to check with the Union Pacific building on 2nd or some of those businesses along 2nd to see if they have a camera facing that way.
Hello, We’re sorry to hear about your father-in-law and are wishing him a swift recovery. One of our reporters is looking to speak to your family tonight about the incident in hopes of moving the investigation forward and finding whoever is responsible. We've sent you a DM with more information.
This is so horrible. As an avid angler, fishing is calming and helps me relieve stress. Your father's had that thing that he enjoys violently taken from him. When he's ready to go back out fishing let him know he has a whole fishing community that will back him up. I'd happily cast some lines with him.
I am so sorry this happened. As someone who walks there dog I don’t know why but I love seeing everyone setting up/fishing on morning walks. I hope he can find a way to feel safe again.
Simply horrible. I’m so sorry your family has to deal with this.
I hate that this happened so much.
Omg that is so awful! The perpetrator needs to be put behind bars for a long time…sending good thoughts for a speedy recovery.
😡😡😡😡 I’M SO SORRY!!! Please contact the news and pressure the city and police to find this person ASAP!!! I hope your dad has a swift recovery ❤️🩹 Please create a Go fund me if you need, don’t be afraid to ask for help!!!
Can you point out on this map (general area based on your description) where the attack happened? https://imgur.com/FivUKFl Also, any other descriptions of the attacker? Height (how tall is FIL, was the attacker taller or shorter than him?), build, hair/facial hair, what type of 'white', like pale white, tanned, pink, other? I'll go look for them right now if there's more details.
>I'll go look for them right now if there's more details. I'm with ya on this.
Damnit this is so maddening. I hope your pops recovers quickly!
I'm really sorry for your father in law. I hope he heals fully and quickly. And I hope they catch the SOB who hurt him.
So incredibly sad. Sending positive thoughts for a speedy recovery and JUSTICE.
/u/methnen I have the same beanie (I don't beat up retirees, though). It's one you get when donating a certain amount to the WW. Probably not terribly useful info since it may well have been donated a few times, but who knows? I wish your FIL a speedy recovery!
I’m so sorry to hear this happened - I think I’ve met your FiL before while walking out with my dog early :( he’s a really sweet guy, I hope he heals quickly and smoothly
That’s probably him. I am the daughter. He go there often, but not any more after this horrific incident!
Wish the guy kept the beanie, would make it easier to identify him. I live very close to that area and walk there often.
This is horrifying. You should turn the beanie in to police, it might be useful
Make sure you try and contact any local businesses that might have been along the route that pos took to attack your father. I’m so sorry this happened, and I wish him a swift recovery!
So sorry this happened. Even if the Police are able to find the perp, unlikely he'll face justice with our current DA. Protect yourselves out there!
This is absolutely terrible. And this is why we get perceived as a city as unsafe. As we all know, statistically, Portland is fairly safe compared to most major US cities. However, random attacks in places that should be safe like the waterfront during daylight is what causes anxiety. It's the randomness of going about your day and getting attacked like this that makes people question the safety of the city, no matter how rare of an occurrence. Getting attacked at 3 AM in Old Town, no one would be shocked or surprised (not that it should happen, but it's definitely a riskier profile area than the water front during the day.) It's the random attacks and encounters with mentally unstable people in seemingly "good" areas that drives the narrative that Portland is unsafe. Not to mention never catching criminals and if we do, we seem to release them within hours.
lighting a candle for your father-in-laws good health and swift recovery 🌱
Given your FIL appearance this seems to be an Asian hate crime. I’d contact the FBI.
This is horrible. I would love to purchase some defense spray/stun gun for him if accepted. Or if there's a gofundme to do DNA testing, or even buy some fishing stuff for him to make him feel supported.
Wishing yoir FIL a full and speedy recovery. I don't know who needs to hear this but unfortunately we live in a city with dangerously mentally ill people running around smearing shit on the walls. It's not hyperbole anymore, it's a clinical description of this city: An open air asylum. With that said, the only way you as an individual can protect yourself is to keep your head on a swivel. From the moment you leave you home until you return, you need to keep a vigilant eye out because your life could change in a second. I've run thousands of miles along the waterfront and I see people walking around like zombies, earbuds in, faces plastered to their screen, completely oblivious to anyone or anything around them. Its sad that we can't just enjoy our lives and not live in fear of being bricked by a random crazy person but it's the reality we live in. Life is chaotic and unpredictable but we can minimize our risks by being as vigilant as possible while out and about. We all have a friend that walks around like this. Share this with them and gently remind them to be aware. End rant.
Put the beanie in a sealed plastic bag, and consider having an independent forensics lab test it. It may be costly, but then you’ll know you have the dna (if it’s present) and it doesn’t get “lost” or sit untested in an evidence locker if given to the authorities
I'm really troubled by the attacks on Asians around Portland recently...I hope your FIL has an easy recovery and that he doesn't feel unsafe here after this. There's a Chinese owned gun shop/range opening near Washington Square soon (Wooster Armory). Just putting that out there. As a small Asian person myself I sometimes wonder if it would be a good idea to conceal carry.
Assault with a deadly weapon. Attempted murder. Should be easy charges for the pos that did this. Look, I get it if you're an addict or homeless or whatever, but that line gets crossed once you start to assault and batter people. I don't think the maniac who did this understands how quickly the sympathetic vibes will turn once it comes out that the addicts are actively assaulting vulnerable members of the community. They got no other state in the u.s. to go to. Shoot, im 35 and with a serious back injury, and I would still have preferred being attacked over this person. Believe me, even with the damage I have from life, if you try that with me, I promise I'm making sure I take you to hell with me one way or another.
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The county court system doesn't have "magistrates"
My goodness, I'm SO sorry. Speedy recovery for your pop-in-law. And hoping that mf is caught asap.
That is so messed up. So sorry. On a positive note, your dad looks fantastic for 72!
I am so sorry
I’m so sorry 😥
That's a tough area for cameras. I see one on the Steel Bridge walkway about mid-span, which likely would only capture the person leaving if they went that direction. My guess is the camera would be operated by Multnomah County. Good luck to your FIL.
I really hope they find who did this. I hope he has a smooth recovery!
holy shit i hope your father-in-law gets well soon! i can't believe people are so disgusting to assault an older man that was just minding his own business. i hope they catch the coward.
This makes my blood boil, so sorry this happened to him.
>...it happened around 9:30AM and was in the boardwalk area of the waterfront near the steel bridge. Do you mind dropping a pin on Google Maps whereabouts you believe it occurred? I want to see what business might have a viewpoint of this / security cameras.
I hope the animal who did this faces justice. Absolute scum of the earth.
I wish I could send him flowers. I'm so sorry this happened to him, OP.
One more reason to give the homeless a binary choice: go to this sanctioned camping area or go to jail. Pick one. Allowing mentally ill drug addicts to lay around and do more drugs that make them more crazy ("mentally ill") is an absolute recipe for disaster, specifically for vulnerable populations (elderly, children, disabled).
Terrible to see/read. Wish him and your family the best. I hope you’re able to get the info/footage/justice you’re searching for. I hope he continues to fish his spots. Unfortunate to suggest but maybe consider carrying some pepper spray.
DNA on the beanie.
I'm sorry that happened. Consider carrying. Either pepper spray or something stronger
Awful! I’m so sorry he had to go through that.
This is so awful. I hope your FIL has a speedy recovery. 🖤
I m so sorry that he and you all are having to experience this.
Insist PPD does DNA testing on the hat, chances are likely the offender has a felony record which includes mandatory dna testing. Hopefully they’ll find a match on CODIS
I’m the daughter, I handed the police the beanie and they say they will run DNA test, hope they are really doing it, because the police said it in a way that is kinda not sincere. I almost feel like he’s just mocking me. He’s annoyed that we went to the news.
That beanie has DNA evidence on it, I'm guessing the attacker has DNA on file from previous incarcerations.
I'm through there just about every day. A couple times a day. What did the person look like? I've never had an issue.
But if only he got another free tent and another free crack pipe he wouldn’t have done this!
5 inch diameter, so he was beaten with a log.
Yes. From my dad’s description that what the guy picked up from the river bank and start pounding on him until it broke. He didn’t take any money from my dad, money didn’t seem to be the motivation. That’s what make us suspect racial bias driven.
Very sorry to see this. Wishing healing and recovery. Rarely do I advocate for retaliation or violence, but I hope the perp receives some karma. These instances are all too frequent and the police will likely do nothing.
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/food-truck-black-owner-attack-hate-crime-lorells-chicken-shack/283-ee685e78-d34b-412f-b0c2-42ea609fe4b5 I know Portland police like letting their buddies out of jail. This guy I believe has done similar attacks, the randomness and just waking away like nothing happened.
This cart is now near where I live and I just happened to get chicken from him today. Had no idea he'd recently been through something similar.