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(SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS) -- Surrounded by family, friends and dignitaries, an emotional Bianca Palomera accepted Antioch’s key to the city, along with numerous other citations and a Hero of the Year award.
The 19-year-old Antioch resident and fast-food assistant manager was honored on Tuesday at City Hall for standing up to a man who was allegedly bullying a teenage customer who had special needs and was unable to protect himself. A scuffle ensued and the man made racial comments and hit Palomera several times in the face, which resulted in her right eye being so badly damaged that it couldn’t be saved.
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Weeks later, Isaac White-Carter, 20, was arrested at a Hayward home for his role in the incident at The Habit. He is being charged with felony mayhem and aggravated assault causing great bodily injury, police said.
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