07/09/2008
Off-Duty CO Police Officer Threw First Punch in Anti-Gay Bar Fight
This one's a doozie. Kell Hulsey, an off-duty Greeley, Colorado police officer and his son Daniel attacked a man (Brian Carter, pictured) on Sunday at the Pot Belly Deli Bar and Restaurant in Red Feather Lakes. They apparently thought the man, who has a lazy eye, was gay and checking Daniel out, the Greeley Tribune reports:
"Dave Duty, 50, of Livermore is the owner of the Potbelly Deli and Bar, 24340 Larimer County Road 74E, where the altercation occurred. He said Greeley police Sgt. Kell Hulsey punched one of his regular patrons after Kell Hulsey's son, Daniel Hulsey, 28, of La Salle thought Brian Carter, 35, of Red Feather Lakes was gay and checking him out. Duty said he was behind the bar when the brawl broke out on the bar's deck between several locals and the Hulseys. Both Duty and bartender Sean McGlothlen, 21, of Greeley, who was working the night of the fight, said Kell Hulsey threw the first punch. 'The fact that he is going out and starting a bar fight is really disturbing,' McGlothlen said. 'It scares me that he is allowed to carry a badge.' The fight took place on a small wooden deck connected to the dimly lit bar lined with posters and filled with tables and two pool tables. The night of the fight, the bar, which connects to a karaoke room and restaurant, had about 100 people in it, Duty said. During the altercation, Daniel Hulsey, who was later arrested on suspicion of third-degree assault, took a pint glass and smashed it into Carter's head, Duty said. Carter, who was flown by helicopter to Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, where he received close to 20 stitches, declined to comment on the incident."
According to the Denver Channel, both elder and younger Hulseys cowardly fled from the scene: "Witnesses said, the attacker fled on foot, deputies said. Using a K-9 search dog, sheriff's deputies were able to track him down and arrested Daniel Stephen Hulsey, Campanella said. Hulsey, 28, was booked into the Larimer County Detention Center on third-degree assault charges, she said."
Here's another account of what happened, via the Coloradoan: "Out on the deck, Daniel Hulsey, the 27-year-old son of a Greeley police sergeant, was upset because one of the locals was looking at him funny. 'Brian has a lazy eye, and the younger Hulsey was accusing him of being gay,' Duty said. Brian Carter, one of the alleged victims of the fight who was hit over the head with a broken beer pint glass, was taken to Poudre Valley Hospital where he received fewer than 20 stitches, Carter said. Kell Hulsey, a member of the Greeley Police Department for 20 years, punched David Gniady, Carter's roommate, locals said. 'He yelled, 'I'm a cop and I'm a (expletive) ,' Gniady said. A fight involving up to 15 people ensued on the deck; and Duty, his staff and several locals ran to break it up. Kell Hulsey then threw several punches at another local before things settled down and he jumped off the deck yelling, 'You'll all die for this,' and leaving his son behind, witnesses said. 'For a cop, someone who should be breaking up a fight, to start a fight and flee when his son is here and going to be arrested, I mean...people that say he's a nice guy weren't here that night,' Duty said."
The officer, Kell Hulsey, is under investigation, and more arrests may be made, according to reports. The bar owner, David Duty, says he plans on filing a civil suit and seeking restitution. Red Feather Lakes is northwest of Fort Collins, Colorado, near the Wyoming border.
(thanks, Ryan)
Posted 11:07 AM EST by Andy Towle in Colorado, Crime, News | Permalink
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laudy laudy miss claudy.... that cop is whacko! so what did he say i'm a cop and i'm a motherfucker or words to that effect? they need to take miss thing's badge away give him some mental treatment and definitely press charges, hope the victim wins...
Posted by: the queen | Jul 9, 2008 11:20:39 AM
So the braindead son got arrested, how about the nazi cop who actually started the fight?
WTF happened to him?
Posted by: Wes | Jul 9, 2008 11:22:19 AM
Well, this violence coupled with the violence out of Queens NY tells us that no matter what our differences are(racial issues, the Obama candidacy, transfolk issues & ENDA, public park sex, what is male beauty?, Garland vs Streisand, etc)--we sure have one thing in common: plenty straight bastards want to kill us. I guess many "closeted" or "down low" homos want to kill us too--whether in a public park or public bar.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Jul 9, 2008 11:23:34 AM
Nevermind. Missed the last part:
"The officer, Kell Hulsey, is under investigation, and more arrests may be made, according to reports."
Posted by: Wes | Jul 9, 2008 11:23:59 AM
Who in their right mind would hit on that meth addict?
Posted by: Jason | Jul 9, 2008 11:26:24 AM
And just how hotheaded do you have to be to start a fight because someone is looking at you? Were they drinking? Were they panicking that they've been found out (well, the son at least)? Hmmm....
Posted by: anon | Jul 9, 2008 11:28:09 AM
Daddy, that man is looking at me.
What? He shoulda been lookin' at me! I'll kill him!
Posted by: Troy | Jul 9, 2008 11:28:19 AM
Daddy, that man is looking at me.
What? He shoulda been lookin' at me! I'll kill him!
Posted by: Troy | Jul 9, 2008 11:29:16 AM
It is not anti-gay, it is just a guy looking for a reason to fight. I am sure he has seen the person there a million times and was looking for a beef to get things started.
Apparently by various reports on the Colorado newspaper websites there was upwards of 150 people fighting. Oh yeah it was the 4th of July weekend, people were probably drunk off their asses.
Now I am will say for the man that was severely injured there is no justification for the action what so ever.
Yes the cop will be investigated and hopefully justice will be served and damages paid.
Posted by: Charles | Jul 9, 2008 11:34:47 AM
Good ol' American father-son bonding time.
Posted by: crispy | Jul 9, 2008 11:36:32 AM
I like to think that he shouted "I'm a cop and I'm a cocksucker", but that's just me.
Posted by: seattle mike | Jul 9, 2008 11:38:33 AM
sigh. why, oh why, do fag bashers always have to be so goddamn good looking?
Posted by: peterparker | Jul 9, 2008 11:44:58 AM
No, Charles, it wasn't "anti-gay". It was anti-public bar sex.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Jul 9, 2008 11:51:47 AM
Makes me reconsider not acting on my recently upheld 2nd Amendment right.
"Yeah, I'm lookin' at you, because you're hot and I'm a homo, and I want to stick my dick in you. Now, you gotta problem with that, or are you gonna sit quietly and appreciate the attention? That's a good boy."
lol
Posted by: JeffRob | Jul 9, 2008 12:01:24 PM
LOL @ JeffRob and Seattle Mike... both very funny comments, thanks for the laugh.
Posted by: Crash | Jul 9, 2008 12:10:11 PM
LMFAO@JEFFROB
That was awesome.
Posted by: MT | Jul 9, 2008 12:11:56 PM
Charles,
I take back my comment 'cause being sarcastic & caustic may not be appropriate for this topic. I'm just surprised that you don't consider this an anti-gay incident.
Charles, when a straight guy(or closet case)says to a guy he perceives as gay, "whathcu' lookin' at faggot?"--that is anti-gay. It's frickin' pre-gay panic crap, "I'm going to beat you up because you're going to give me gay panic if I don't."
Some gay men rarely experience gay-bashing (verbal/physical) and y'all are out of touch with the characteristics of such attacks. It doesn't affect y'all and so y'all don't understand. I'm not meaning that in a derogatory way, but it appears to the case. Y'all just don't believe it's a problem for "normal-acting gay men"--it only affects sissies.
Well, if he got bashed in a public park, then would y'all believe it was anti-gay....but then, he'd probably deserve it then, hunh?
Oh, Lord, why was I born?...what do I get? what am I giving....
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Jul 9, 2008 12:15:59 PM
Daniel Hulsey is obviously an angst ridden hairdresser whose dreams of being a broadway star have gone unfulfilled. He really needs to find a healthier avenue to vent; may interior design.
Posted by: Jason | Jul 9, 2008 12:21:21 PM
So Daniel and Dad attack a guy for supposedly checking him out and now he's going to wind up as someone's prison bitch.
Karma.
Posted by: Ruddigore | Jul 9, 2008 12:39:59 PM
Kell S. Hulsey
310 Todd Avenue
La Salle, CO 80645
Daniel S. Hulsey
905 12th Ave
Greeley, CO 80631
Posted by: payback | Jul 9, 2008 1:07:03 PM
disgraceful
Posted by: dolly | Jul 9, 2008 1:45:39 PM
I always get a rise (laugh) out of all the straight guys bitching about gays (supposedly) looking at or anywhere near them.
These same troglodytes on the other hand can harass women as though it is their god given right. and the harassment isn't limited to adult women.
I live next to a Catholic school. Daily I see men of all ages ogling the girls playing in the school yard as they drive bye or as the girls walk to or from school.
I'm talking about early teen girls here, and god forbid some younger! These aren't grazed perverts (at least overtly). They are guys letting off there own daughter(s) and other dudes driving bye in suites on the way to work.
They are the same homophobes ready to pounce on any gay or perceived gay man whose gaze comes anywhere near their direction, intentionally or not.
Posted by: farfromhome | Jul 9, 2008 1:52:40 PM
"plenty straight bastards want to kill us."
Who says they're straight? Their own claims don't count.
I've said it before and I'll say it again and again: I've never known of any wholly straight guy who was so upsets by fags that he decided to physically attack or harass one. 99.9% of the time gay bashers are closeted and sexually insecure.
"sigh. why, oh why, do fag bashers always have to be so goddamn good looking?"
Because the pretty ones are always the most insecure about their sexuality and everything else? I'd also hazard a guess that they're that much more likely to have taken someone up on their "unwanted" sexual advances.
Posted by: Chas | Jul 9, 2008 1:52:56 PM
Wierd story but the daniel dude is kind of cute, but then again I do like me the bad boys. Put them in a prison tee and call me for supper lol
Posted by: jeff | Jul 9, 2008 1:58:25 PM
CHAS,
you're absolutely right. But, you know, some guys call themselves "straight" but, no, they are not totally heterosexual. And some of them are ok with gays, and some of them are sick motha' fu...s who want to kill gays. (sometimes I spell out vulgarities and sometimes I don't...it depends on whether it's that time of the month. Andy is tolerant)
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Jul 9, 2008 2:14:12 PM