Arrests have been made in an attack against a man who was kicked bloody in the lobby of the Forest Hills T. One of the alleged assailants said the man struck first.
Three young women have been arrested by Transit Police in connection with a possible anti-gay hate crime at the Forest Hills T. Police are investigating if an assault in which a man was kicked and hit by persons who were originally reported to be teenage girls, was an anti-gay hate crime, according to Channel 7. Only one of the suspects arrested is a teenager. On Sunday at 6:38 p.m., MBTA police were called to the lobby at the station, where they found people helping a man whose face was bloodied. Police went in the direction the assailants fled, according to a police report, and caught up with one of the girls at the end of Tower Street. The girl said the altercation started when the man "bumped" her with his backpack. The girl said the …
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According to Channel 7, police are investigating an assault against a man as a possible hate crime because of epithets used during the attack.
UPDATE, 7 p.m. Thursday: WHDH Channel 7 reports that three suspects have been caught. More details when we have them... ~~~~~ Police are investigating if an assault at the Forest Hills T, in which a man was kicked and hit by teenage girls, was an anti-gay hate crime, according to Channel 7. On Sunday at 6:38 p.m., MBTA police were called to the lobby at the station, where they found people helping a man whose face was bloodied. Police went in the direction the assailants fled, according to a police report, and caught up with one of the girls at the end of Tower Street. The girl said the altercation started when the man "bumped" her with his backpack. The girl said the man took a swing at her and she struck back only in self defense, the …
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denise johnson
1:57 am on Saturday, March 3, 2012
How can people call this a hate crime when all three girls were lesbians. assult and battery maybe, but hate crime because this man was gay. HELL NO!!!! more ›