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A demonstrator holds a sign that remembers Vicha Ratanapakdee, an 84-year-old immigrant from Thailand who was fatally assaulted in his San Francisco neighborhood earlier this year, during a rally condemning violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Mountain View on March 21. Photo by Federica Armstrong.

About 200 people gathered at the intersection of El Camino Real and Castro Street to condemn violence and hate against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on Sunday, March 21.

Some demonstrators and organizers at the peaceful protest displayed QR codes on signs to facilitate donations to nonprofits that support the AAPI community.

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    SLIDESHOW: A Mountain View resident attends a rally condemning violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders at the corner of Castro Street and El Camino Real on March 21. Photo by Federica Armstrong.
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    SLIDESHOW: Rev. Jethroe Moore II, president of the San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP, displays a Venmo QR code on a poster to collect donations for the nonprofit Asian Americans Advancing Justice. Photo by Federica Armstrong.
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    SLIDESHOW: Demonstrators cross El Camino Real at Castro Street during a rally condemning violence and hatred against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on March 21. Photo by Federica Armstrong.
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    SLIDESHOW: Elysse, 4, holds a candle at a rally condemning violence and hate against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders at the intersection of El Camino Real and Castro Street in Mountain View on March 21. Photo by Federica Armstrong.
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    SLIDESHOW: Briena Brown posts a sign displaying various QR codes that facilitate donating to nonprofits that support Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Brown helped organize the rally condemning violence against AAPI communities at the corner of El Camino Real and Castro Street in Mountain View on March 21. Photo by Federica Armstrong.
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    SLIDESHOW: Demonstrators condemn violence and hatred against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders during a rally in Mountain View on March 21. Photo by Federica Armstrong.
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    SLIDESHOW: Demonstrators rally at the intersection of El Camino Real and Castro Street in support of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Mountain View on March 21. Photo by Federica Armstrong.

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  1. “Vicha Ratanapakdee, an 84-year-old immigrant from Thailand that was fatally assaulted…”

    He’s a “who”, not a “that”.

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