"Nearly five full years since the January 28, 2021 killing of 84-year-old Grandpa Vicha' Ratanapakdee in a seemingly unprovoked sidewalk attack in the Anza Vista neighborhood, the murder trial of the accused killer Antione Watson just started last month. Watson was only 19 at the time, and therefore a minor when the killing occurred, but surveillance video capturing the killing leaves little doubt that Watson delivered the apparently fatal unprovoked push."
"Though he seemed to recall clearly that he had just been cited by SPFD that fateful morning for reckless driving and speeding, after which point his car broke down. That's when Watson said he saw Ratanapakdee, while he was having something of a breakdown and he'd just punched the surface of another car. 'I remember someone staring at me, Watson testified, according to KGO. I got to the man and just pushed him. I felt he was judging me, too.'"
On January 28, 2021, 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee was fatally pushed in an apparently unprovoked sidewalk attack in San Francisco's Anza Vista neighborhood. The accused, Antoine (Antione) Watson, was 19 at the time and later charged with murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and inflicting injury on an elder likely to cause great bodily injury. Surveillance video shows Watson delivering the push. Watson pleaded not guilty and took the stand in his own defense, providing fragmented testimony that he had been cited earlier, his car broke down, he felt judged, and he impulsively ran at and pushed the victim.
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