Atlanta Man Beaten, Homophobis slurs
A man walks out of a store only to be violently attacked on the Atlanta streets while his attackers jeer him with homophobic slurs, beat him up and even throw a tire at his head. The entire scene is videotaped and posted online.
The video purportedly depicts an attack on a man leaving a store in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Atlanta on McDaniel Street. Three men punch and kick him as a nother person videotapes the assault. As he is beaten, an onlooker yells "no more f****** in Jack City" repeatedly, which is according to multiple outlets including Smoking Gun, an apparent reference to a local gang.
Whatever the reason for this attack it appears to be a hate crime which targeted a person believed to be a member of the GLBT community. This is a truly tragic event, but even more tragic is that the offenders decided to broad cast their exploits on Youtube.
source: 11 News
Before we even had time to post to our blog we learned the that Federal Bureau of Investigation is now involved in the criminal investigation into the beating of the allegedly gay victim. The offenders as reported in the neweest article released indicated that one of the offenders yelled a anti-gang slur during the beating. The slur stated "no more f****** in Jack City." More details will be forthcoming. There is also new surveillance video that was obtained see the story here.
The video purportedly depicts an attack on a man leaving a store in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Atlanta on McDaniel Street. Three men punch and kick him as a nother person videotapes the assault. As he is beaten, an onlooker yells "no more f****** in Jack City" repeatedly, which is according to multiple outlets including Smoking Gun, an apparent reference to a local gang.
Whatever the reason for this attack it appears to be a hate crime which targeted a person believed to be a member of the GLBT community. This is a truly tragic event, but even more tragic is that the offenders decided to broad cast their exploits on Youtube.
source: 11 News
Before we even had time to post to our blog we learned the that Federal Bureau of Investigation is now involved in the criminal investigation into the beating of the allegedly gay victim. The offenders as reported in the neweest article released indicated that one of the offenders yelled a anti-gang slur during the beating. The slur stated "no more f****** in Jack City." More details will be forthcoming. There is also new surveillance video that was obtained see the story here.
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