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In photos: Community members march in protest following alleged hate crime in Lakeside

By Matthew Bowler / Video Journalist
Published April 25, 2022 at 1:39 PM PDT
This story was published more than 1 year ago.

More than 50 community members gathered in peaceful protest Saturday evening for an anti-hate rally following the stabbing of a 16-year-old Black girl the previous weekend in Lakeside.

Protesters march down Vine Street in Lakeside expressing their anger over the stabbing of a teenage black girl by a 16-year-old white boy in an apparent hate crime, April 23, 2022.
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Protesters march down Vine Street in Lakeside during the anti-hate rally in Lakeside, Saturday, April 23, 2022.

A boy and girl — who are 16 and 15 years old, respectively — are facing attempted murder and hate crime charges for the incident. The boy has been identified as white, but the girl's race has not been released.

Tasha Williamson spoke with anti-hate protesters in Lakeside, Saturday April 23, 2022.
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Tasha Williamson attends the anti-hate rally, Saturday, April 23, 2022.

Community advocate Tasha Williamson, who attended Saturday's rally, previously said the family is in hiding because they believe those involved have ties to a white supremacist gang.

"Lakeside Gangsters is a well-known heinous gang that has committed atrocities in Lakeside and around Lakeside. (The family) fear for their lives."
Tasha Williamson

A rally and protest organized by the group East County BIPOC (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/eastcountybipoc" target="_blank" link-data="{&quot;cms.site.owner&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000179-8a1f-d704-a9f9-fa5f6dab0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20&quot;},&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;cms.content.publishDate&quot;:1650813309720,&quot;cms.content.publishUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;0000017b-a203-d73a-a17f-f677256b0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.content.updateDate&quot;:1650813309720,&quot;cms.content.updateUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;0000017b-a203-d73a-a17f-f677256b0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;link&quot;:{&quot;attributes&quot;:[],&quot;linkText&quot;:&quot;@eastcountybipoc&quot;,&quot;target&quot;:&quot;NEW&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.instagram.com/eastcountybipoc&quot;,&quot;theme.kpbs-theme-falcon.:core:link:Link.hbs._template&quot;:null,&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;00000180-5c23-d8c8-abc5-7e3b9e120001&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a&quot;},&quot;theme.kpbs-theme-falcon.:core:link:Link.hbs._template&quot;:null,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;00000180-5c23-d8c8-abc5-7e3b9df90000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288&quot;}">@eastcountybipoc</a>) in response to a stabbing of a black girl by a white teenage boy drew around 50 people to the corner of Ashwood and Mapleview in the east San Diego County community of Lakeside Saturday April 23, 2022.
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Protesters gather for the anti-hate rally, Saturday, April 23, 2022.

The rally began early evening outside the corner of Ashwood and Mapleview in Lakeside. And ended around 7:30 p.m. at the Lakeside Community Center near Lindo Lake.

Danielle Wilkerson an organizer for the activist group East County BIPOC (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/eastcountybipoc/" target="_blank" link-data="{&quot;cms.site.owner&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000179-8a1f-d704-a9f9-fa5f6dab0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20&quot;},&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;cms.content.publishDate&quot;:1650814940764,&quot;cms.content.publishUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;0000017b-a203-d73a-a17f-f677256b0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.content.updateDate&quot;:1650814940764,&quot;cms.content.updateUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;0000017b-a203-d73a-a17f-f677256b0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;link&quot;:{&quot;attributes&quot;:[],&quot;linkText&quot;:&quot;@Eastcountybipoc&quot;,&quot;target&quot;:&quot;NEW&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.instagram.com/eastcountybipoc/&quot;,&quot;theme.kpbs-theme-falcon.:core:link:Link.hbs._template&quot;:null,&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;00000180-5c3c-d8c8-abc5-7e3fe36c0001&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a&quot;},&quot;theme.kpbs-theme-falcon.:core:link:Link.hbs._template&quot;:null,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;00000180-5c3c-d8c8-abc5-7e3fe34f0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288&quot;}">@Eastcountybipoc</a>) lead a group of protesters through the East San Diego County community of Lakeside Saturday (April 23, 2022) evening to protest how law enforcement has managed the investigation of the stabbing of a teenage black girl by a 16-year-old boy in an apparent hate crime.
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Danielle Wilkerson, an organizer for the activist group East County BIPOC, speaks to protesters at the anti-hate rally, Saturday, April 23, 2022.

Danielle Wilkerson, an organizer for the activist group East County BIPOC, lead the group marching down Vine Street.

Anti hate protesters marched from the corner of Ashwood and Mapleview, in Lakeside, to the Lakeside Community Center near Lindo Lake on Saturday evening, April 23, 2022.
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Anti-hate protesters march to the Lakeside Community Center on Saturday evening, April 23, 2022.

Marchers chanted, "Whose streets? Our streets!" in protest of how the San Diego County Sheriff's Department has managed the investigation.

Families on there way to the Lakeside Rodeo paused to watch about 50 protesters marching because of a stabbing of a teenage black girl by a 16-year-old white boy in an apparent hate crime and to draw attention to what they say is "The mishandling of the case by police just emphasizes the systematic issues we face in addition to the discrimination from our own neighbors", April 23, 2022.
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Passersby on their way to the Lakeside Rodeo stop to look at protesters marching, Saturday, April 23, 2022.

Families on their way to the annual Lakeside Rodeo paused to watch.

A man on his way to the Lakeside Rodeo was confronted by a protester after he began to yell is opposition at marchers who were upset over the stabbing of a teen black girl by a white 16-year-old boy in an apparent hate crime, Lakeside April 23, 2022.
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A man on his way to the Lakeside Rodeo and an anti-hate rally marcher exchange words, Saturday, April 23, 2022.

A man on his way to the rodeo was confronted by a protester after he began to yell his opposition at marchers.

A protester waves a Black Lives Matter flag on the corner of Ashwood and Mapleview in Lakeside Saturday, early evening, during a rally and protest against hate in response to the stabbing of a teenage black girl by a 16-year-old boy, an apparent hate crime, April 23, 2022.<br/>
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A protester waves a Black Lives Matter flag on the corner of Ashwood and Mapleview in Lakeside Saturday, April 23, 2022.
About 50 protesters rallied in Lakeside Saturday evening to protest the stabbing of a teenage black girl by a 16-year-old boy in an apparent hate crime, April 23, 2022.
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Rally goers hold signs with anti-hate messages, Saturday, April 23, 2022.

Rally goers aimed to draw attention to what they said is a mishandled case that "emphasizes the systematic issues we face in addition to the discrimination from our own neighbors."

Sheriff's deputies observe anti hate crime protesters in Lakeside from a distance, April 23, 2022.
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Sheriff's deputies observe the anti-hate rally from a distance, Saturday, April 23, 2022.

During the march, Sheriff's deputies observed the protesters from a distance. The Sheriff’s Department faced community outrage last Tuesday during a town hall attended by more than 100 people. A number of those in attendance called the violent incident yet another example of unchecked racism in East County.

Two women listen to speakers at the end of a rally and march against hate in response to the stabbing of a black girl in an apparent hate crime in the East San Diego County community of Lakeside, April 23, 2022.
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Two rally goers listen to community leaders speak against hate, Saturday, April 23, 2022.

At the end of the rally, marchers listened to community activists speak against racism in Lakeside.

Yusef Miller with the North County Equity and Justice Coalition spoke with protesters in Lakeside, Saturday April 23, 2022.
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Yusef Miller, of the North County Equity and Justice Coalition, spoke with rally goers, Saturday, April 23, 2022.

"We cant ask for changes," said Yusef Miller, of the North County Equity and Justice Coalition. "We had to demand that the young boy be arrested. We had demand that the young girl with the pipe be arrested. And we’re still demanding that the two adults that walked these children to this crime be arrested, and they’re not arrested yet."

Danielle Wilkerson an organizer for the activist group East County BIPOC (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/eastcountybipoc/" target="_blank" link-data="{&quot;cms.site.owner&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000179-8a1f-d704-a9f9-fa5f6dab0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20&quot;},&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;cms.content.publishDate&quot;:1650813704068,&quot;cms.content.publishUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;0000017b-a203-d73a-a17f-f677256b0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.content.updateDate&quot;:1650813704068,&quot;cms.content.updateUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;0000017b-a203-d73a-a17f-f677256b0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;link&quot;:{&quot;attributes&quot;:[],&quot;linkText&quot;:&quot;@Eastcountybipoc&quot;,&quot;target&quot;:&quot;NEW&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.instagram.com/eastcountybipoc/&quot;,&quot;theme.kpbs-theme-falcon.:core:link:Link.hbs._template&quot;:null,&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;00000180-5c29-d270-a3be-de7bfe210001&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a&quot;},&quot;theme.kpbs-theme-falcon.:core:link:Link.hbs._template&quot;:null,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;00000180-5c29-d270-a3be-de7bfe070000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288&quot;}">@Eastcountybipoc</a>) leads the rally and protest in Lakeside in response to the stabbing of a teenage girl by a 16-year-old boy in an apparent hate crime, Lakeside April 23, 2022.
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Danielle Wilkerson an organizer for the activist group East County BIPOC (@Eastcountybipoc) leads the rally and protest in Lakeside in response to the stabbing of a teenage girl by a 16-year-old boy in an apparent hate crime, Lakeside April 23, 2022.

San Diego County Sheriff's Department detectives are continuing their investigating after they recently re-arrested the 15-year-old girl in connection with the stabbing.

The Woodglen Apartments in Lakeside where a 16-year-old Black girl was stabbed allegedly by a white teenage boy in an apparent hate crime, participates in the San Diego County Sheriff's Department Crime Free Multi-Housing Program, Lakeside, April 22, 2022.
Read more: Community advocates appalled at handling of Black teen's stabbing in Lakeside
Some community advocates are outraged about the way the case is being handled by the DA and law enforcement.

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Matthew Bowler is an award-winning journalist from San Diego. Bowler comes from a long line of San Diego journalists. Both his father and grandfather worked as journalists covering San Diego. He is also a third generation San Diego State University graduate, where he studied art with a specialty in painting and printmaking. Bowler moved to the South of France after graduating from SDSU. While there he participated in many art exhibitions. The newspaper “La Marseillaise” called his work “les oeuvres impossible” or “the impossible works.” After his year in Provence, Bowler returned to San Diego and began to work as a freelance photographer for newspapers and magazines. Some years later, he discovered his passion for reporting the news, for getting at the truth, for impacting lives. Bowler is privileged to have received many San Diego Press Club Awards along with two Emmy's.
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