MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) – A woman accused of spitting on an Asian American man and yelling an ethnic slur as he dined outdoors in Silicon Valley has been charged with a misdemeanor hate crime and battery.
Santa Clara County prosecutors said Monday that 39-year-old Karen Inman also told the man to “go back to where you came from” as he ate lunch in Mountain View with a friend last month.
The case is the latest in a string of racially motivated harassment and assaults against Asian Americans since the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S.
