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Elderly Chinatown shoving victim identified

By adamg on Fri, 07/10/2015 - 12:30pm

Boston Police say the woman who died after hitting her head on the ground in Chinatown Wednesday morning was Yuzhen Lei, 72.

Police charge Tajanetta Downing, 24, of Lawrence, with pushing her to the ground. Downing was ordered held in lieu of $75,000 bail yesterday on assault and battery charges. Authorities have yet to say if they will upgrade the charges now that Lei has died.

The DA's office adds:

Downing, who claims addresses in Lawrence and Jamaica Plain, was charged in 2013 with assaulting a man at a Columbia Road residence and then assaulting the Boston Police officers who responded to the scene. Prosecutors requested $200 cash bail and she was released on her own recognizance. When she defaulted on two separate court dates, prosecutors requested $1000 bail. She was again released on her own recognizance. She was also charged with throwing an apple, purse, and backpack at a Transit Police officer who stopped her for fare evasion at JFK/UMass station. Prosecutors requested $500 bail in that case and a judge imposed $150.

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Comments

By Brian Riccio on Fri, 07/10/2015 - 1:43pm.

Where are Amber Ying and her crew of narcissistic attention seekers on this one?

I imagine they'd only be protesting if it was a rich white person who killed this poor woman.

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By Dot net on Fri, 07/10/2015 - 2:57pm.

Oh, come on. Dvdoff, you're better than this protester slamming, really. What is there to protest?

An Asian grandma was killed, and her killer was taken into custody and will face justice. People are concerned about this. But there's nothing to be done! Except to hug our parents and grandparents and wish them to be safe, even when just walking in broad daylight. A sad thing.

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By Brian Riccio on Fri, 07/10/2015 - 4:23pm.

then again where do you see elderly museum goers asking for the return of the internment camps?

and happy to see Ms.Ying is so pleased with herself....

Amber Ying ‏@diabola 19m19 minutes ago

It's been surreal seeing my Twitter account on major news sites. No regrets though. I stand by what I say.

I'm sure it is, Ms. Ying. Continuing to file this under narcissistic attention seeking, you?

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By pmallory on Fri, 07/10/2015 - 4:03pm.

You realize the victim has a Chinese name, right? And that China and Japan are different places? Just move the South Carolina or some other backwards part of the country.

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By Brian Riccio on Fri, 07/10/2015 - 4:44pm.

I have an opinion. You would ask me to leave my home because you disagree with it?

How tolerant of you.

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By jil on Fri, 07/10/2015 - 5:40pm.

FYI, SC took down the confederate flag outside the state house today. Mississippi has the flag embedded in the state flag.

Judging by comments I've heard in Boston (from natives, not tourists), it's not just Southerners who confuse China and Japan (and Viet Nam and Laos and Cambodia and so on).

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By anon on Fri, 07/10/2015 - 4:04pm.

She has a history of temper tantrums and attacks on police officers which will never be allowed in courtroom testimony. Her defense lawyers will claim the deceased started the altercation by calling her a racial slur and a Suffolk County Jury will find her innocent and she will file a lawsuit against the police and the MBTA for profiling.

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