Re: LGBT activists march, take a stand against hate crime violence in Washington D.C.

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On Mar 22, 2:17 pm, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> LGBT activists march, take a stand against hate crime violence in
> Washington D.C.
>
> Following three separate attacks against the LGBT community in
> Washington D.C. earlier this month, nearly 700 people gathered to
> demand justice in a march Tuesday, the Washington Blade is reporting.
> The outpour of support included city officials Police Chief Cathy
> Lanier and four member of the Washington D.C. City Council.
>
> The rally, which was organized on Facebook, comes in wake of a Mar. 12
> attack of a 29-year-old gay man who was robbed and beaten near Georgia
> Avenue and Irving Street NW. His assailants called him anti-gay slurs
> and fled the scene according to Patrick Pressman, an organizer of the
> rally.
>
> "It was a Facebook event and I expected maybe 15 to 50 people to show
> up," said Pressman. "And then from there it just exploded," he said.
> "It got to where it was today, when it was estimated that about 700
> people were going to attend."
>
> The rally also supported another attack labeled as a hate crime that
> occurred on Mar. 11 as a non-life threatening shooting was reported at
> a nearby IHOP restaurant. Police say a 31-year-old gay man got into an
> altercation with two men who called him anti-gay names. Police Chief
> Lanier said she expects an arrest in the shooting as she spoke to
> marchers who were gathered outside the restaurant.
>
> "We have everybody working on this and I think everybody's committed,"
> she said. "We kind of take it personally when people in our community
> are targeted."
>
> On the same night of the IHOP shooting, another attack against a
> transgender woman occurred just hours later at the nearby intersection
> of West Virginia Avenue and Mt. Olivet Road NE. Due to insufficient
> evidence, however, the attack against the transgender woman has not
> been classified a hate crime.
>
> "I want to say that this walk should never have to happen again in our
> city," said D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown (D-At-Large). "We have to
> do more. We must do more," he said. "And for those who know about this
> horrific situation that took place, I'm begging you to come forth.
> Give us information … to bring these folks to justice."
>
> Other rally attendees included gay D.C. city council member Jim Graham
> (D-Ward 1), Michael Brown (D-At-large), Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4),
> Jeffrey Richardson, director of Mayor Vincent Gray's Office of LGBT
> Affairs, Gustavo Velasquez, director of the D.C. Office of Human
> Rights, and A.J. Singletary, president of the D.C. group Gays and
> Lesbian Opposing Violence (GLOV), including  many other LGBT activists
> and allies.
>
> More:http://lgbtweekly.com/2012/03/21/lgbt-activists-take-a-stand-against-...
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy

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