Attack on 92-year-old man with dementia was part of a wave of hate incidents targeting members of East Asian community
The Vancouver Police Department released this surveillance footage video of a suspect who assaulted a 92-year-old Asian man with dementia ata convenience store near Nanaimo Street and East 1st Avenue in East Vancouver on March 13, 2020.An assault charge has been laid in an attack on a 92-year-old man with dementia that Vancouver police have described as part of a wave of hate-motivated incidents targeting members of the East Asian community during the pandemic.
Jamie Allen Bezanson, 50, of Vancouver is charged with assault. The charge relates to an incident on March 13 in which the victim wandered into an East Vancouver convenience store where someone began yelling remarks about COVID-19. Outside the store, the victim was shoved to the ground, where he hit his head. The incident was caught in a widely circulated video.Police raised the alarm about a wave of hate-related crimes against East Asians in April, when they disclosed the incident.
“This file was investigated as an assault which may have been related to hate and due to the sensitivity of this incident there is no rush to proceed,” Sgt. Roed said in an e-mail exchange. Earlier this month, police said they are recommending the Crown lay charges such as threatening, assault and mischief in 16 files. An additional 19 cases are being investigated. The force said it is dealing with 155 hate-associated reports this year, up from 69 for the same time in 2019.
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