Police in New York City are seeking help from the public in tracking two men who attacked a couple of other men at a bodega in Bushwick on Saturday morning (9/4).
The incident took place in the early hours of the morning (2.10am) at 1559 Broadway in Brooklyn.
According to cops, the suspects, “made anti-gay statements & assaulted the victims with a glass bottle & screwdriver before forcibly removing their property.”
🚨WANTED for ROBBERY: On 9/4 at 2:10 AM, inside 1559 Broadway in Brooklyn, the suspects made anti-gay statements & assaulted the victims with a glass bottle & screwdriver before forcibly removing their property. Have any info? Call or DM @NYPDTips at 800-577-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/TKFWuw2k9V
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) September 5, 2021
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The two victims were aged 36 and 28 and had gone to the shop to buy food. The suspects approached them and got engaged in a verbal dispute before they began using anti-gay language.
According to the New York Daily News, one of the victims was called a “faggot”. The suspects made off with an iPhone and cash.
The 36-year-old suffered a puncture wound to his chin and a cut on his lips, while his 28-year-old friend received cuts to his right hand and shoulder. They both received hospital treatment.
Police have issued a photo of the suspects and are appealing to the public for information (Crimestoppers: 1800-577-8477).
Related: New York police launch investigation into gay bashing of three men
New York City has experienced a sharp increase in hate crimes over the last year. There have been 364 recorded hate crimes in the city in the year to August 29, according to NYPD statistics.
This is up from 184 in the same period last year (a 98% increase). Some of this sharp rise is believed to be due to a big increase in anti-Asian American hate crimes, which quadrupled over that period and has been linked to the Covid pandemic.
Chrisk
Why can’t I ever hear a feel good story like one of the victims pulled out a gun and started blasting away. Shoot the fat one in the back as he’s trying to scurry away. A cherry on top would be a video for everyone to enjoy.
It’s amazing these two low life thugs have any right to look down on anyone else. Hopefully the police catch up to them soon. A hate crime + robbery should put them behind bars for a good while. I’m sure they got a rap sheet a mile long too.
My2CentsWorth
I agree with you that such low life garbage (and I am a Black person so this is not race motivated) that attack people to steal or out of just hate deserves to not get away with their acts.
Such garbage deserves to be sent to places with exclusive addresses that only criminals can get the privilege of calling home. And for a very long time.
Kangol2
Everyone in NYC who sees this image and similar ones and knows who these two are will be able to identify these two creeps fairly quickly, and help authorities arrest and convict them. Add in the hate crime charges and they should moulder behind bars.
Joizefnf
These two animals are as gay as it gets. I am gay….with my husband for more than 3 decades and we are not this gay. The piece of shit on the left……look at his leggings….and heels……and cherry red was his these. The other fat piece of shit with her hair pulled back tightly and look at his shirt……he is wearing a RuPaul shirt and lets not forget her fab shower shoes and no pedicure. I hope these pieces of shit get what they deserve…….a good beat down. An eye for an eye.
Mack
I have to say I’ve supported the black community since I was in High School. I attended a segregated school and kept getting in trouble for asking why we were separated. I’ve donated and I’ve marched. But I see more blacks attacking members of the LGBTQ community than I’ve seen white supremacists. I’ve listened to these “rappers” and their name calling of Gays and so forth. And it’s disheartening since I’m sure many of us have support their Civil Rights.
Kangol2
“Their” Civil Rights? More Black people attacking LGBTQ? Why not look at the data before you make such statements. You do realize that White people and people of all races actively attack LGBTQ people, right? You do realize that the main people pushing to strip LGBTQ people of “our” rights–civil, political, human, etc.–and fomenting hatred against LGBTQ people are White Republican politicians and White conservative religious leaders, right? Should I or everyone else condemn ALL White people because the overwhelming majority of White Republican politicians and numerous religious leaders, including leading figures in Roman Catholicism, evangelical churches, Mormonism, etc., as well as many judges, police, etc., went to strip LGBTQ people of rights and equality and foment violence against LGTBTQ? No. We are all stronger together. Come on!
BoomerMyles
@Kangol
But it’s not the white republican politicians or white religious leaders that gays are getting violently bashed by in dark alleys.
And it’s not country or church music that uses the f-word or talks about gays being bitches or beating them up for sport.
That’s all in the Black and hip-hop community.
LumpyPillows
Like most things in life, its complicated. In the US homophobia is the worst in black communities – they are afflicted by religion and the machismo reflected in rap music. Violence against black trans women is a particular data point and it is almost exclusively at the hands of black men. The numbers do show this. It does not change the need to address racism – news flash, these are two different problems. My personal experience – black men have been 100% of the people who have attacked me for being gay.
Hank31
The attackers used anti-gay slurs, but there is nothing in the Daily News report to indicate that the victims are gay. The article describes the 2 victims as friends. Thus, it is possible that:
– The victims are not gay and the attackers used anti-gay slurs as a generic form of insult
– The victims were considered by the attackers to be gay (whether or not they actually are) based on the victims’ effe- minacy.
– The victims are gay and revealed their sexual orientation in proximity to the attackers, who then attacked them on that basis.
The last option is the least likely. The most likely is that the 2 victims are fem, and that is the real reason they were attacked. It would also explain their apparent failure to defend themselves. This would make the crime a gender-based hate crime, not a hate crime based on sexual orientation.
LumpyPillows
Whether the victims are actually gay or not is irrelevant.
wikidBSTN
Walking piles of human crud.