LGBT Hate Crimes Reported in Santa Cruz, San Diego, Utah, VA
Here's more for the Huckabee violence threshold report for this week:
San Diego: "Rhythm Turner, 25, singer and guitarist in local
band, Rhythm and The Method believes she was the victim of a hate crime
when Vincen Matthew Williams, 21, assaulted her, after she hugged her
girlfriend, outside Canes Bar & Grill in Mission Beach on Thursday,
May 14. 'I was assaulted because of my sexual orientation, because I choose to want to give my girlfriend a hug,' Turner said."
Turner posted a YouTube video shortly after the attack. Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP...
Yorktown, Virginia: "A man is recovering after York investigators say he was badly beaten by a gang. It happened along the waterfront in Yorktown. The
police report says the gang who allegedly attacked made reference to
the KKK. The report also says the man who was badly beaten was
heterosexual, but the two men he was with were homosexual and another
friend was Asian...'Two of the suspects beat down one of the victims pretty bad. He had to go the hospital, had some head trauma,' said Ivey. The
police report reveals the victim was on the ground while the suspects
allegedly 'kicked him numerous time about the head and
torso...including a soccer style kick to the head.' Shortly after the suspects left the fight, Ivey says they were arrested. 'They're
going to be dealt with rather harshly. The gang statute is a serious
thing along with the malicious wounding charge,' said Ivey.The police report reveals during the fight, the number "311" was used regularly along with ethnic and anti-gay slurs."
Watch the disturbing news report on the Yorktown incident, AFTER THE JUMP...
Santa Cruz, CA: "A 51-year-old Santa Cruz man was arrested Thursday morning after allegedly brandishing a knife and threatening to kill a stranger because of his sexual orientation. The man, later identified as Danny Roberts, a local transient, apparently approached another man downtown and asked if he was gay, police said. When the man said he was, Roberts allegedly pulled out a knife and said he was 'going to kill a gay.' The victim told Roberts to leave, then returned to a nearby business where he called police."
Ogden, Utah: "Whitney Goich, 20, and Wil Phillips, 24, each were assaulted early
Tuesday morning in separate attacks at 3455 Harrison Blvd., police say. Both victims claim the man who assaulted them shouted anti-gay slurs as he carried out the beatings. Goich
said she was walking into the apartment complex around 2:30 a.m. to
visit a friend who had just moved in when a man approached her and
punched her in the face. He shouted a few slurs, grabbed her by the
face and thrust his knee into her nose, she said. 'He hit me,
then said, 'I hate you (expletive),'' said Goich, who identifies
herself as a lesbian. 'Then he took his knee and struck me with it.' Christopher
Vonnegut Allen, 30, was arrested and booked into Weber County Jail on
two counts of assault, both class B misdemeanors, and one count of
criminal trespassing. He was released on bail."
Watch Rhythm Turner's YouTube video and a report on the Yorktown, VA incident,
AFTER THE JUMP...
Yorktown incident:




As a bashing victim and citizen, you have the right to know your attackers' names, and when they get out of jail. Then the proper pay-back can occur. ;)
Posted by: TikiHead | Jun 5, 2009 10:42:57 AM
the beachs of SD
La Jolla for those with $, Ocean Beach for aged hippies and pot heads, in between those 2 are Pacific beach and Mission beach
PB and MB are bad for being where college kids from all over the world go to vacation with Pb being even worse as a tourist trap of drunk college hicks.
Understandable why it happened. PB and Mb are flooded every year by ignorant ass party goers
Posted by: jimmyboyo | Jun 5, 2009 10:44:54 AM
The day after the Prop 8 ruling, someone keyed "FAG" into the hood of my car. I live in La Jolla, on the campus of UCSD.
Posted by: Ted | Jun 5, 2009 10:56:14 AM
Fuck, I currently go to school in Santa Cruz. Hell, I'm there right now (for only another week).
I thought Santa Cruz was supposed to be a gay friendly city. Just fucking great.
And Santa Cruz Pride is this weekend.
Posted by: MateoM | Jun 5, 2009 1:17:41 PM
Well there's at least one place where this kind of thing won't be tolerated; Santa Cruz. You can be sure that's the case there but elsewhere... one only know...
Peace be with everyone.
Posted by: ED2 | Jun 5, 2009 2:48:58 PM
Thank goodness we have such upstanding men like Mike Huckabee to speak out on our behalf.
Posted by: Marc C | Jun 6, 2009 7:40:32 AM
OMG people hate us dont they? me and my girlfreind hugged and the old hag acrosss the street was like God hates Lesbians
Posted by: Tori&&Destiny | Oct 22, 2009 12:53:51 PM