Crime & Safety
Redwood City Salesman Charged With Hate Crime Assault
The man was accused of telling a 93-year-old to "Go back to your (expletive) country" and spitting towards him.
REDWOOD CITY, CA — A Redwood City salesman was charged with a hate crime assault after an Aug. 25 incident involving a 93-year-old man in South San Jose.
David Greenburg, 56, was accused of kicking the man's screen door, spitting towards him and saying, “Go back to your (expletive) country,” according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.
The man was Persian-American and had told Greenburg that he didn't speak English, and that his son would call him back after Greenburg knocked on his door.
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His son heard the exchange and called the police, prosecutors said.
“Our community deeply values diversity, respects it, seeks it,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in a news release. “Intolerance is not an American ideal. In these cases, it is a crime.”
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Greenburg was charged with a misdemeanor hate crime and an additional assault charge. He is set to be arraigned Dec. 6 and faces incarceration if convicted.
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