08/06/2008
Hate Crime Suspect Arrested, Foiled by CCTV
An anti-gay hate crime last Friday in Springville, New York, near Buffalo, was caught on a closed-circuit TV camera and the attacker arrested:
"We're told a man in the white T-shirt and dark colored hat followed another man out of the Casey's Bar on East Main Street and they crossed the road. After some sort of confrontation, the suspect walks back near Casey's Bar. He speaks with two other men. He paces the sidewalk for a while. Then he crosses the street a second time. That's when the violent assault took place. Camera owner: 'I saw pushing and shoving and fists flying and what looked like kicking.' The 47-year-old victim suffered multiple fractures to his face. Sources say the suspect yelled anti-gay slurs at the victim. And police say that's why they're treating it as a hate crime."
The attacker, who has been charged with assault, is free on $1,000 bail.
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we need us a "rough trade registry" like the straights have for the sex offenders -- put up a list with photos of potential dangerous young punks -- something you can access on your ipod at 2 in the morning and weed out the troublemakers...
Posted by: the queen | Aug 6, 2008 12:45:28 PM
$1,000 bail is absurdly low.
Posted by: Paul R | Aug 6, 2008 12:56:40 PM
I agree with Paul R. That bail is a joke.
Posted by: soulbrotha | Aug 6, 2008 1:07:29 PM
I spend the better part of the winter skiing, just south of this town...slightly frightening!
Posted by: Jason | Aug 6, 2008 1:52:19 PM
I heard a woman speak, a couple of years ago, about our rights, freedoms and safety; and one quote of hers remains resonant. She said, "...do you realize that there is no place in the U.S. where any of us can drive 15 minutes from our homes and still be safe...?"
Still true. So much enlightening to do...
Posted by: kile Ozier | Aug 6, 2008 7:23:43 PM
Who does the assailant know in the court system there? Is he a judge's son, the mayor's nephew, a friend of the commissioner's daughter? How can you beat a man into unconsciousness, leave him in a bloody heap on the sidewalk and NOT be charged with attempted murder? Take the fact that the victim is gay out of the argument. He was left for dead on the sidewalk after being viciously and brutally beaten...I know him personally and I have seen what was done to him. Why is Joshua Holts not in jail without bail and why have we not seen his picture on the news? I want to see what someone with obvious internal sexual conflict looks like. Why does he have more rights than his victim?
Posted by: Janice | Aug 8, 2008 8:34:38 AM
Local ABC affiliate WKBW did an update on this story last night but it's not on their website.
Basically just that the victim, now back home GA (I think) is hitting a brick wall in trying to contact the local authorities to inquire whether any other suspects (there was more than one attacker) are being sought and/or whether this will be charged as a hate crime.
They also showed the victim's wounds... very bad! :(
I did find these follow-up stories from a week ago:
http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/26258484.html
http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/26229159.html
Posted by: Chris | Aug 13, 2008 10:42:53 AM