SFPD: Attack described as antisemitic investigated as hate crime

San Francisco police said Monday that officials were investigating an assault in San Francisco's Marina District as a hate crime, an attack the victim's friend described as antisemitic.
Police said Sunday that the attack on Fillmore Street near Moulton Street was unprovoked. It occurred around 2:20 a.m. Friday.
'The incident is being investigated as a Hate Crime based on the gathered information by Officers at scene,' the San Francisco Police Department said Monday in a statement to the Chronicle in response to questions about the account of the victim's friend.
The San Francisco District Attorney's Office said the case was under review, with no charges filed as of Monday morning.
Alana Gans, 28, said she and her 27-year-old friend were sitting on a curb waiting for an Uber after a night out when a man near them started shouting, 'F— Jews, free Palestine.' The man shouted the remarks for about a minute before she told him she was Jewish and asked him to leave, Gans said Sunday in an interview with the Chronicle.
The man then walked over and said, ''F— you,' Gans recounted.
When she stood up, so did her friend, who got in between her and the man, Gans said.
Other men who were nearby recorded on their cellphones as they laughed and shouted, 'F— Jews,' Gans said.
As she tried to pull her friend's arm to walk away, the man sucker-punched her friend, Gans said. Both she and her friend were knocked to the ground.
Other men jumped in and kicked her friend, repeating the anti-Jewish remarks and laughing, Gans said.
The men also pushed to the ground and kicked an employee from the nearby Balboa Cafe who tried to intervene, Gans said, adding that the attack lasted about 30 seconds.
Her friend suffered a swollen lip, as well as two bumps on the front of his head and a third on the back of his head, she said.
The assailants ran away, only to return and yell, 'F— those Jews,' Gans said. When officers showed up, she pointed them out.
Police said officers located two suspects in the area. One of them was arrested on suspicion of assault. The other was cited for battery and released.
'I'm still in shock,' Gans said Sunday.
Gans added that violence like the assault shows the urgent need to listen to one another regardless of ideologies. It's also an opportunity for the community to come together in a united front against hatred. 'No one, no matter what, should be attacked,' Gans said.

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