D.C. police have arrested three suspects in connection to an anti-gay beating that happened over the weekend. Here’s how the victim’s partner described the attack to the Washington Blade:
It was all a quick blur but next thing you know there was literally a mob of 15 guys beating him. They came out of nowhere and I was powerless to stop them, all I could do was jump on him to try [to] protect him and scream help. I don’t remember how long they kept beating him for. They stole his phone and my wallet. They chipped a major part of his front tooth and he had to get multiple stitches on his lip.
The rising rates of hate crime reports in D.C. provide ample evidence that violent intolerance still lingers in some pockets of society. It also serves as a reminder that D.C.’s draconian anti-gun laws ignore the very real threats that all of its residents face. Among other things, these laws strip gay people of our right to defend ourselves from hate.
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