No sooner had we published this disturbing video of a bunch of frat boys spouting racist, homophobic bile than we realized there would be a second horrible homophobic frat story of the morning.
An attack out of the University of Delaware left a gay man hospitalized with a broken leg.
The ambush took place at a Phi Gamma Delta and Kappa Sigma Xi-Lambda off-campus party. The victim, Rancel Valdez, says he was invited to the event and spent several hours there before a group of men approached him.
One hurled a homophobic slur at him, and Valdez raised his middle finger in response.
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That’s when they allegedly jumped him.
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“I got up and pushed them back, and then they all started throwing punches,” Valdez told the school newspaper. “I fell and broke my ankle, and they still kept going until my friend Erica … tried to pull them off. I was literally just walking to their backyard with my friend and then they just targeted me and came towards me.”
University of Delaware President Dennis Assanis said in a released statement: “This kind of reprehensible behavior is not tolerated at the University of Delaware. We will take all appropriate measures in the student conduct process to ensure any offenders are held accountable for their actions.”
Video of the incident can be seen in this local NBC news report.
Police say they are not investigating the attack as a hate crime.
DCguy
The altercation LITTERALLY started with a homophobic slur but police aren’t investigating it as a hate crime. WTH?
Celtic
Hey! It’s Delaware.
happiness17
DCguy-That was a hate crime. The a-holes who beat him up should be charged with a federal hate crime. For starters the perpetrators should be expelled from school. I’ve never been a fan of frats. Years ago though there was more respect within frats. In the past two years with the level of hate crimes on the rise it’s no surprise that this happened.
dinard38
Just because the attacker used a homophobic slur doesn’t automatically make this a hate crime. We don’t even know the sexuality of the victim. Is he gay? Was he targeted and attacked specifically for being gay?
Let’s stop overreacting to everything.
dinard38
Doh!!! Insert mouth and put foot in. He was gay and was targeted for it. So yeah, it definitely should have been a hate crime.
Ummmm Yeah
The video doesn’t even match his or her story. One guy was on him and you can see the others pulling on that guy. They didn’t come over and jump him too.
ChrisK
Yeah there were people trying to pull the guys off but that’s but the Video is to brief to say yay or nay on anything else.
ErinNicole
I was thibking same thing..also he admits to fkicking someine off earlier so.i dint think this is a hate crime just dudes figjting over sometjing..i was in a frat n college it happenesd every party…queerty needs 2 stop with these pointless articles
DCguy
And once again the screename Ummmm Yeah comes in with the ONLY goal to attack the victim of anti-lgbt bigotry and defend the bigots.
Queerty, this screename is obviously only on here to attack lgbts
jwgarcia82
ErinNicole… So you’re really going with the “Well he flipped the guy off that called him a homophobic slur, so it’s ok!” argument as justification for breaking someone’s leg? Interesting…
jkb
The guy I saw went from attacking him to topping him. Curious
ChrisK
Two ways of looking at this. Like DC guy said. If they called him a f#ggot and then just started attacking him out of the blue then for sure it’s a clear hate crime. However, if he did something to instigate it that we don’t know about then this would be just a simple assault case. Still people need to go to jail either way.
tnguy222
Rarely, do kids in this new generation tech people simply because of race or sexual orientation.
I would wager that the “victim” was antagonizing them over a course of time. He definitely has a punchable face.
okiloki
Not true. People are still targeted for their race, sexuality and it’s unwise to make those generalizations or proclamations. Can’t blame the victim for instigating it when he was first targeted; there’s always those people who are like “well he deserved it cause he looked at the attacker funny or didn’t run away fast enough…” Either way, the attackers should go to jail.
jcoberkrom
When and what will the University act?
And as for Phi Gamma Delta and Kappa Sigma Xi-Lambda, when will their national governing bodies act?
James
Bullies should be executed. Sick of them.
Kangol
Whether he provoked them or not, if they’re calling him a homophobic slur then jumping him it’s a problem.
mhoffman953
@iceman691
I don’t understand the concept of a “hate crime”. Why can’t a crime, just be a crime with a harsh punishment? For instance, if someone kills someone (using Delaware as an example), they’ll get probably 15 years in jail. If they kill someone and it’s considered a hate crime, they’ll get an even harsher punishment than 15 years. Why is one life considered more valuable than another life?
It should be a equally harsh punishment for any murder.
Lvng1Tor
And of course here come all the trolls with the “he must have deserved it” crap. Cause ya know this stuff only happens to f@gs who deserve it. Jesus people, it’s one thing to say don’t rush to judgment it’s another to try and start crap like this when we know LGBTQ youth are targeted every single day at a much higher rate simply for existing. Bunch of sick @ss trolls hiding behind multiple anonymous screennames cause they’re weak in their own lives.
okiloki
Yep; those victim blamers are pathetic.
Heywood Jablowme
Fraternities = homoerotic weirdos who shoot their cum on crackers and stick carrots up their own @sses.
So they’re just jealous of OUT gay guys.
happiness17
iceman691-In some instances people do cry out “hate crime” when there really isn’t one. Why would a bunch of straight frat boys invite a gay guy to
a party. Obviously he was singled out because of his homosexuality. This guy’s ankle just didn’t get broken by itself. Drunk or not there’s no excuse for that kind of behavior. You find it annoying that “everything is a hate crime”. Unfortunately with the present administration crimes that are indeed hate crimes are on the rise. Not everything has to do with the “gay agenda” as you put it. The reality of the situation is that more and more people are getting the crap beaten out of them everyday. Just because they’re gay. Try and explain your feelings to these people.
batesmotel
The irony is that this was at predominately liberal college. No surprise there as that seems to be the norm. What is surprising is that other than this site, no other major media sites are mentioning anything about this. We know what the major media is still continuing to whine about. When something like this should be #1 with a trending bullet.
jwgarcia82
What does the college being liberal have to do with it? Do you really think that just because a college is liberal it means that there are no homophobic bigots attending? They’re literally EVERYWHERE.
Mpo2411
Frat part=drinking+testosterone. I’m sure homophobic slurs were thrown. I’m sure he flipped them off and someone got riled and started punching.
My issue with this story, … The Headline.
“Homophobic frat boys caught on tape breaking gay student’s leg at a party”
???
I thought
“Valdez told the school newspaper. ‘I fell and broke my ankle,’ ”
Sensationalism makes it seem like they held him down and broke his bones personally. His own statement says otherwise. This does not exonerate them in any way from being stupid frat asshats, but they didn’t break his leg… unless there’s more to the story than reported here