• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • About Towleroad
  • Towleroad on Social Media
  • Privacy Policy

Towleroad Gay News

Gay Blog Towleroad: More than gay news | gay men

  • Body
  • Daily Resist
  • POLITICS
  • Travel
  • Music
  • Theatre
  • Film
  • TV
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Men
  • Marriage Equality
  • Space
  • Trans Rights
  • Books
  • Science
  • Gay Iconography
  • TowleREAD

Two Cleared of Hate Crime in Elmira, NY Gay Assault

March 22, 2007 by Andy Towle

Elmira_gay_bashersLast October I posted about an assault against a gay man in the town of Elmira, New York. The attackers reportedly approached their victim, Jaimie Briggs, asked if he had a lighter, and then began attacking him.

At that time, Briggs said: “They attacked me because I am a homosexual, and they said you’re going to die tonight faggot. The one hit me in the face and I blacked out and fell on the ground, and then they started going crazy and kicking me in the face repeatedly. Knocking me around, and every time I stood up they would kick me in the face again and knock me down to the ground.”

A trial has been ongoing and the verdict came in yesterday: “Jurors found both men guilty of third-degree assault, and also found Loudenslager guilty of attempted third-degree assault. The jury acquitted both defendants on charges of attempted second-degree assault as a hate crime and third-degree assault as a hate crime.”

ElmiraDuring the trial, the defendants challenged Briggs credibility, based on his own criminal record, according to the Star Gazette: “Briggs has convictions for falsely reporting an incident, petit larceny, two misdemeanor driving-while-intoxicated charges and three felony DWIs. The DWI convictions landed him in Chemung County Drug Court, and he is currently in the Chemung County Jail for violating terms of his Drug Court program…”

The defendant’s attorney says she accepts the verdict: “I respect the verdict, and I respect the jury process. The whole basis of the hate crime turned on (Briggs’) statement. There wasn’t any other evidence. So whether it was an issue as to his credibility, you’d have to ask them.”

Sentencing is on May 4th. Edwards and Loudenslager are free on $2,000 bail.

2 cleared of hate crime charges [star gazette]

You may have missed…
Two Men Charged in Anti-Gay Attack in Elmira, NY [tr]

Filed Under: New York, News Tagged With: crime, gay slurs, New York, News

Recent Posts

  • Pro Rugby Player Devin Ibañez Comes Out as Gay

    Pro Rugby Player Devin Ibañez Comes Out as Gay

    1 hour ago
  • James Charles, Dancing Robot, Louie Gohmert, Josh Hawley, La Scala, Hilaria Baldwin, Blackwater Pardons: HOT LINKS

    James Charles, Dancing Robot, Louie Gohmert, Josh Hawley, La Scala, Hilaria Baldwin, Blackwater Pardons: HOT LINKS

    3 hours ago
  • Trump DOJ Sparks Outrage, Clearing Cleveland Cop Who Killed 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice

    Trump DOJ Sparks Outrage, Clearing Cleveland Cop Who Killed 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice

    8 hours ago
  • Maskless COVIDiot Mob Assails L.A. Supermarket Over Restrictions: ‘We’re Not Here Coughing Everything, Smearing Everything!’ — WATCH

    Maskless COVIDiot Mob Assails L.A. Supermarket Over Restrictions: ‘We’re Not Here Coughing Everything, Smearing Everything!’ — WATCH

    8 hours ago
Previous Post: « Dallas-Area Gay Bar Mable Peabody’s Destroyed in Arson Blaze
Next Post: Creator of Anti-Hillary “1984” Ad Reveals Himself »

Primary Sidebar

  • Pro Rugby Player Devin Ibañez Comes Out as Gay

  • James Charles, Dancing Robot, Louie Gohmert, Josh Hawley, La Scala, Hilaria Baldwin, Blackwater Pardons: HOT LINKS

  • Trump DOJ Sparks Outrage, Clearing Cleveland Cop Who Killed 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice

Recent Posts

  • Pro Rugby Player Devin Ibañez Comes Out as Gay

    Pro Rugby Player Devin Ibañez Comes Out as Gay

    1 hour ago
  • James Charles, Dancing Robot, Louie Gohmert, Josh Hawley, La Scala, Hilaria Baldwin, Blackwater Pardons: HOT LINKS

    James Charles, Dancing Robot, Louie Gohmert, Josh Hawley, La Scala, Hilaria Baldwin, Blackwater Pardons: HOT LINKS

    3 hours ago
  • Trump DOJ Sparks Outrage, Clearing Cleveland Cop Who Killed 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice

    Trump DOJ Sparks Outrage, Clearing Cleveland Cop Who Killed 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice

    8 hours ago
  • Maskless COVIDiot Mob Assails L.A. Supermarket Over Restrictions: ‘We’re Not Here Coughing Everything, Smearing Everything!’ — WATCH

    Maskless COVIDiot Mob Assails L.A. Supermarket Over Restrictions: ‘We’re Not Here Coughing Everything, Smearing Everything!’ — WATCH

    8 hours ago
  • Rio Shuts Down Gay Circuit Party Over Violation of COVID Rules: ‘Now Go Home Queens, and Quarantine’ — WATCH

    Rio Shuts Down Gay Circuit Party Over Violation of COVID Rules: ‘Now Go Home Queens, and Quarantine’ — WATCH

    9 hours ago
  • Nashville Bomber’s Girlfriend Told Police a Year Ago That He Was ‘Building Bombs in the RV’

    Nashville Bomber’s Girlfriend Told Police a Year Ago That He Was ‘Building Bombs in the RV’

    10 hours ago
  • GOP Congressman-Elect Luke Letlow Dies of COVID at 41, Had No Underlying Conditions

    GOP Congressman-Elect Luke Letlow Dies of COVID at 41, Had No Underlying Conditions

    11 hours ago
  • Britain Approves Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine, Sees ‘Way Out of the Pandemic’ with Mass Vaccinations Imminent: WATCH

    Britain Approves Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine, Sees ‘Way Out of the Pandemic’ with Mass Vaccinations Imminent: WATCH

    11 hours ago
  • Marcus D’Amico, Tales of the City’s Original ‘Mouse’, Dead at 55

    Marcus D’Amico, Tales of the City’s Original ‘Mouse’, Dead at 55

    1 day ago
  • Pierre Cardin, Anwar Hadid Anti-Vaxxing, Melissa Carone, Lil Pump, Tom Mountain, Bruce Kring, Harry Styles: HOT LINKS

    Pierre Cardin, Anwar Hadid Anti-Vaxxing, Melissa Carone, Lil Pump, Tom Mountain, Bruce Kring, Harry Styles: HOT LINKS

    1 day ago

Most Commented

  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • About Towleroad
  • Towleroad on Social Media
  • Privacy Policy

Footer

Copyright © 2020 · Log in