A Second Gay Bashing on New York's Upper East Side
Over the weekend I posted about the attack on Joe Holladay by a group of men who called him a "faggot" and beat him with a blunt object. That occurred on Saturday.
Apparently, there was another attack in the same area on Sunday: "A man was beaten on the Upper East Side Sunday a
day after another man was beaten and robbed in a bias attack in the
same neighborhood, police say. The 40-year-old man suffered two skull fractures
and a broken nose in Sunday's attack on East 84th Street around 3:20
a.m., police say. No arrests have been made."
Police have not determined whether the attacks are related but they did release a sketch of one of Holladay's attackers.
The New York Anti-Violence Project released a report on Wednesday saying that the number of bias-related attacks against LGBT people decreased in 2008, but that the attacks that did happen were more severe.
Read the report (PDF).
The GLBT community really needs to start arming themselves, whether it be with tasers or small handheld guns.
Posted by: INeedAScreenName | Jul 2, 2009 12:17:56 PM
it looks like the sketch artist drew the victim???
Posted by: mark | Jul 2, 2009 1:49:43 PM
Perp looks like a young Giuliani.
Posted by: George | Jul 2, 2009 1:54:15 PM
Two in a row in the UES paints a pretty terrifying picture. How do the attackers even know these people are gay? Are they walking with their boyfriends?
The idea of carrying around a weapon has always seemed ludicrous to me on the island of wealth and privilege that is Manhattan, but I'm starting to have second thoughts. I might look into the legality of carrying a knife of some kind, at least late at night when I'm with my boyfriend.
Posted by: Pender | Jul 2, 2009 2:01:50 PM
We'll be seeing lots more of this after folks have a few beers and see "Bruno". It is a good summer for homophobes. Sacha B. Cohen - you are a gay basher !!! Your film is justifying idicule, bullying, and hate. Shame on you.
Posted by: DrakeDrake | Jul 2, 2009 10:48:18 PM