His name was Vicha Ratanapakdee and back in January of 2021 the 84-year-old was out walking when he was shoved to the ground by a stranger. He died of his injuries. His assailant was arrested and identified as 19-year-old Antoine Watson. The whole incident was caught on video:
LATEST: Horrific video of fatal attack Thursday on 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee. Details -> https://t.co/6Z5rqIQpcZ pic.twitter.com/PJnuuWgE3Y
— Evan Sernoffsky (@EvanSernoffsky) February 1, 2021
What we still don’t know to this day is why this happened. That’s because despite the passage of nearly three full years, Antoine Watson still hasn’t been tried for the murder. His public defender tried to get the charge knocked down to manslaughter but the ADA refused to go along with it. When I wrote about the case more than six months ago, prosecutors were saying the long delay was part of a defense…
