04/25/2006
Steven Pomie Gets 25 Years for Brutal Beating
Steven Pomie was sentenced to 25 years in prison yesterday for beating Dwan Prince after the victim allegedly flirted with him on the street. Prince's punishment for flirting? Brain damage and partial paralysis.
According to the New York Times, "Mr. Prince sustained a blood clot the size of a soda can on his brain and was in and out of a coma for several weeks, a doctor testified at the trial. Today, his speech is severely impaired, he has memory loss and other cognitive problems, and he spends most of his time in a wheelchair."
Prince suffers from AIDS and only two weeks ago tried to take his own life. Pomie, who returned after the beating to give the victim one last kick in the head, continues to deny that the assault ever took place.
Prince and his mother Valerie Prinez know the truth. Prinez: "He took my son's memory. He took my son's brain. He took my son's limbs. But he could not ever take my son's soul."
Under hate crimes laws, Pomie must serve at least half of his sentence. Here's hoping he is forced to serve the second half as well, as Prince struggles to "do the best I can to live my life."
Posted 9:02 AM EST by Andy Towle in Crime, New York | Permalink
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Unfortunately, these types of attacks on gay people happen everyday in this country and in some other countries. In the US, I feel that the Protestant Churches, especially the Evangelicals, have a lot to do with the violence against us. The sad thing is that in the black community (maybe certain white people too) these types of fatal gay bashings often go unreported (or atleast the "gay" aspect of the crime) because the victim's family doesn't want the victim's "personal business" made public. Over the last thirty years, I know of several murders of black gay men here in Philadelphia that were "hate" crimes, where robbery wasn't even a factor. They never even made the news.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Apr 25, 2006 10:38:57 AM
Horrible...I think he deserves much more than 25 years.
Posted by: Jason | Apr 25, 2006 3:52:07 PM
Yeah this is case is sad beyond measure. And what makes it worse is Pomie was not the only one involved. He my have been the ring-leader but the others who beat Prince are still walking the streets.
peace
Posted by: James | Apr 25, 2006 4:46:28 PM
Good, one less violent bigot cruising the streets looking for a victim.
Posted by: Robert In WeHo | Apr 25, 2006 10:05:51 PM
I hate diss nigga n his ugly brother Mr.Ricky pomie aka biggz... B^ up nigga
Posted by: Lucky | Mar 11, 2009 1:11:45 AM