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SouthernCal_Dem

(852 posts)
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 07:20 PM Jun 2020

More people come forward saying racist woman targeted them too

More people with videos and photos have come forward Thursday after recognizing a woman seen in a viral video berating a young woman working out on the stairs at Wilson Park in Torrance, telling the woman to "go back to whatever ... Asian country she belongs in."

A 42-year-old Torrance father, who identifies as Asian-American and wished to remain anonymous for fear of his family's safety, shared a video with NBCLA showing who he says is the same woman seen in the other viral video. She is seen yelling at him, while the father's 11-year-old son sat inside their car, and could hear everything.

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/more-videos-torrance-racist-wilson-park/2379489/

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More people come forward saying racist woman targeted them too (Original Post) SouthernCal_Dem Jun 2020 OP
Let's get her identified - and then fired donkeypoofed Jun 2020 #1
Torrance police said her name is Lena Hernandez, 56, whereabouts unknown dalton99a Jun 2020 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author EarnestPutz Jun 2020 #5
KR :( Cha Jun 2020 #2
Lena H: "Go back to your Asian countries." MagickMuffin Jun 2020 #4
A cry for help. OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2020 #6

dalton99a

(81,442 posts)
3. Torrance police said her name is Lena Hernandez, 56, whereabouts unknown
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 07:30 PM
Jun 2020
https://abc7.com/torrance-karen-tirade-racist-anti-asian/6245408/
Torrance Tirade: Woman seen in anti-Asian rant on video identified as 56-year-old resident of Long Beach
Authorities say the woman is responsible for two incidents caught on video, as well as an assault on a woman at a local mall in October 2019.
By ABC7.com staff

Hernandez is also a suspect in the assault of another woman at a local mall back in October 2019, according to Torrance Police Chief Eve Berg. Crime reports have been taken in all three incidents.

Berg dispelled some reports that identified the woman as another person with a different name and any connection to the department or any other local law enforcement agencies. She also said there's no indication to believe that Hernandez herself has any relations to Torrance police or other agencies.

Berg added that investigators have been to multiple locations in an attempt to find Hernandez but have not had any success. Authorities are asking the public to contact the department with any information about her whereabouts.

The police chief added that they are looking at the possibility that mental illness may have played a role in the incidents.

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