News SPD Ignoring Gay Bashing in Belltown?
posted by on August 8 at 15:24 PM
Last Saturday night, a 47-year-old Seattle man and his 32-year-old friend were attacked by a group of young men in Belltown after, they say, one of the suspects asked if they were gay, and they’re concerned SPD isn’t investigating the case as a hate crime.
According to the police report, the two men were on the 2200 block of 1st avenue, just after 11:30PM, when they passed a group of young men, one of whom was urinating on the street.
According to the 32-year-old man, one of the urinating man’s friends asked the 47 year-old “if [we] were gay [and] started offering us money to say their friend had a little penis.”
When the 47-year-old man told the group of young men that he is gay, the man who had been urinating came over and punched him several times, leaving the 47-year-old with a black eye and bloodied nose, before fleeing the area.
The 32-year-old man called the police on his cell phone while he chased the suspect down the street, before losing him in a crowd.
When police arrived, the two men described the suspect and told the officer that they had been attacked after the man asked if they were gay. According to the 32-year-old man, the officer told them “that’s your deal.” The officer’s report does not indicate the assault is being pursued as a hate crime.
The other men in the group identified the suspect but, according to the police report, he
is still “at large.”
SPD spokesman Mark Jamieson says that assaults have to meet a specific criteria before they are pursued as a hate crime. He did not know whether this case was going to be investigated as anything more than an assault.
Oh Jonah, this is a horrible event, but don't fucking blame all of the SPD for not covering "hate crimes"
If everything in this article is true then it's a hate crime.
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Wow. You're a fucking idiot.
They'll be lucky if the SPD investigates this at all, let alone as a hate crime. Those jaywalking tickets don't write themselves, you know.
Oh, what a fucking surprise. SPD isn't investigating a crime. At this point, I just don't fucking understand why we bother keeping them around for all they do after a crime.
Why not cut the force in half, and have the remaining half dedicated to stopping violent crimes in progress? For all the violent crimes where they don't catch the perpretrator in the act (the only time aside from murder they'll actually make an arrest, investigate, or even feign interest), and for all property crimes, we can pay a dedicated crew of record keepers to file the reports necessary to make an insurance claim and maintain our crime stats. I mean, it'll cost less than a cop's starting salary, and there would be no net difference.
Maybe it was hate crime and maybe not. The weekend crowds draw a lot of old fashioned S.O.B's who will punch anyone for any reason regardless of whether they are gay, female or a "friend".
Nightlife has become problematic in parts of Seattle but many don't see people getting punched in the face as a problem. Maybe that is the police response?
Oh, what a fucking surprise. SPD isn't investigating a crime. At this point, I just don't fucking understand why we bother keeping them around for all they do after a crime.
Why not cut the force in half, and have the remaining half dedicated to stopping violent crimes in progress? For all the violent crimes where they don't catch the perpretrator in the act (the only time aside from murder they'll actually make an arrest, investigate, or even feign interest), and for all property crimes, we can pay a dedicated crew of record keepers to file the reports necessary to make an insurance claim and maintain our crime stats. I mean, it'll cost less than a cop's starting salary, and there would be no net difference.
what's with all the dupe posts lately??
regardless, we should build a wall around seattle to keep lynnwood and federal way out. that's all. negate the hate.
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