Nearly two years after his death, the city of San Francisco on Saturday renamed a street after attack victim Vicha Ratanapakdee.
The street, which connects Terra Vista Avenue and O'Farrell Streets in the Anza Vista neighborhood he called home, is the first in the state to be named after a Thai American. "We want to remind future generations in memory for my father. He passed in violence and pain, and we want our future generation to stop violence, Asian hate," she said. . It helped spark the anti-Asian hate movement across the country.
Still, she has been doing so to honor her father's legacy and push for justice. She said she was inspired by the younger generation.
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