BREAKING NEWS – Sunnyvale, California – The Mountain View Police Department (MVPD) arrested a 39-year-old woman connected to a string of anti-Asian hate crimes last month, where she made racially-charged comments and spat on one of the Asian victims. Karen Inman was arrested around 11 a.m. on March 5. Investigators also discovered her connection to two anti-Asian incidents last month.
Authorities accuse Inman of trying to steal merchandise from a market in Castro Street on Feb. 13. She allegedly took food and clothing and refused to pay for them because of the victim’s Asian ethnicity.
She attempted to explain herself to a judge during a preliminary hearing. “I am not hostile toward Asians. It’s just that because out of all of the races and ethnicities, I get frustrated that they are the group of people that’s the hardest for me to convince that I am not a man from a distant planet.”