An update on the horrifying gay bashing here in New York City:
Via NYT: A second man was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a brutal attack in Queens last week that left a gay man hospitalized, the police said. The victim, Jack Price, 49, above, was harassed and assaulted by two men early Friday morning as he was leaving a deli in College Point. During the attack, which was captured on video, Price was pelted with anti-gay comments and pummeled to the ground, leaving him with a broken jaw, fractured ribs and a lacerated spleen, the police said.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Marshals Service arrested one of the suspects, Daniel Rodriguez, 21, in Norfolk, Va. Officials announced on Wednesday that he would be extradited to New York. Another man, Daniel Aleman, 26, was arrested over the weekend and is facing charges of assault and aggravated assault as a hate crime.
The attack has prompted condemnation by local leaders. Led by the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, a Manhattan Democrat who is openly gay, city and state officials gathered in front of Booth Memorial Hospital on Monday to denounce the attack, which they called a hate crime.
The news “smacked particularly hard,” said Quinn, who had just come back to New York after joining gay rights supporters on Sunday in the National Equality March on Washington. “You grow tired of doing these press conferences,” said Quinn. She added that “crimes like this are very sad” and that “these two hateful, ignorant individuals represent a minority of New Yorkers.”
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Second Man in Custody for Gay Bashing in Queens
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Thanks for posting about this, Ken. Everyone across the nation & the world should know about this horrific anti-gay cruelty. The victim is only 5' 6 but it could happen to any of us -- anywhere.
If anyone's interested, there will be a rally against anti-gay violence in Queens on Saturday. The info is avail here: http://www.authornathan.blogspot.com/
enervating, aggravating, ill, and welcome to the 19th century, yet, as some enjoyed scripting events -- it leaves me all the more pondering those who engage and recognize -- others, for which much remains entertainment -- just as, was it they say, some were attacked outside the abbey (wretch!!) in west hollywood and a few other locations....yet, one is left wondering -- did they fire the bouncers??
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