Police have released footage of two of the four assailants suspected of beating a trans woman unconscious on the streets of Brooklyn last Sunday night.
We previously reported that the unnamed victim was harassed before the attack, and new details from the NY Daily News paint an even more distressing picture of what happened.
Witnesses told cops the four goons followed the victim down Bushwick Ave. spouting anti-gay epithets before the attack.
“What are you doing on this block?” one punk barked.
The victim yelled back and then tried to get away, but the suspects chased her down and attacked, police said.
One of the brutes beat the woman in the head with a Plexiglas board, knocking her out, as the other three punks kicked and punched her, officials said.
Emergency responders rushed the victim to Elmhurst Hospital, where she remained in critical condition early Wednesday, authorities said.
Police describe one suspect as “a black man who was last seen wearing a dark, long-sleeve shirt, gray sweatpants, white sneakers, a ski cap and a gray sleeveless sweatshirt with the word “Freedom” on it,” and the other as “a black man with a short haircut, who was last seen wearing a blue Nike hooded sweatshirt with blue sweatpants.”
At this time, no arrests have been made.
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Here is the surveillance footage of two of the suspects:
Trippy
Jeesh… so much trans-violence on Queerty today! This is yet another horrifying event in an unfortunate string of horrifying events this past year. My thoughts are with the victim and here’s hoping that the police can identify her attackers. More importantly, let’s all pray that the justice system works for her.
LadyL
Yes, let’s pray for her. But let’s do more. I am black and my gut feeling is that religiosity, coupled with cultural ignorance and fear, is what fuels this hatred. Every black gay, lesbian and bi African-American needs to confront their families and friends about this violence. Talk about this. Talk about why bullying and bashing another human being is disgraceful, unacceptable, and disgusting no matter what “the Bible” says.
Captain Obvious
@LadyL: Please stop this nonsense. Homophobia is not a black thing just like racism is not a white thing. Every “group” of humans on the planet is capable of both homophobia and racism. Hate is hate, doesn’t matter what color the person is who’s hurling it. So stop focusing on skin.
“Confronting” people about something they’re not interested in talking about is not how you change opinions. You change opinions by getting to know them better on a human level so they see beyond whatever labels they put on you or you put on yourself.
If you start running around spouting off at the mouth for 10 minutes to an hour about being gay then that’s all people will see you as and get annoyed with you throwing it in their face.
Be more than your sexuality. That’s how you change things. Don’t become a label to fight hate, that keeps the hate going by dehumanizing yourself in both your eyes, and the eyes of those who don’t understand you.
passingthru
@Captain Obvious: Are you kidding? What a bunch of garbage. He’s suggesting that people talk to their friends and family. We all should be doing that. Good for him.
Saralikesyarr
@LadyL: “Every black gay, lesbian and bi African-American needs to confront their families and friends about this violence.” Thank you for this.
You know, when white people want to talk to their black friends about this, it can so easily come across as racism, or racial insensitivity. But there really is a problem with African Americans attacking queer people. Of course, biggotry isn’t limited to people of color, we see white people attacking LGBT people all the time, but the thing is it’s almost like if you’re white, you’re not allowed to say anything about it if it’s a black person doing it, because it’s deemed racial stereotyping or such things.
But it really is a problem, even when gay marriage passed in California, it was many African American communities that opposed it, even among Democrats. I really do think there needs to be much more done to combat ignorance and hatred against lgbt people in people of color.
JerseyMike
I’m trying figure out why the race of theses monsters is an issue when the race of the marine monster who chopped the Trans head of wasn’t brought up in the other article.. PLEASE PLEASE STOP.. This violence has no color.. No one said white people should sit down and talk to their bi, gay sons.. Violence is violence..
JerseyMike
@Captain Obvious: THANK YOU…
Desert Boy
These thugs are all black. Interesting.
JerseyMike
@Desert Boy: and the THUG marine who murdered the Filipino transgender was white.. What’s your point?
Desert Boy
@JerseyMike: Just what I said. All the thugs in the footage are black. Got it now?
Tackle
@Captain Obvious: Excellent point!
@LadyL: And I cannotbbelieve you wrote such an ignorant post. As if being black & lesbian gives you extra validity. Obviously it doesn’.
Where you on a vacation to Mars when two gay men were attacked and beaten in Philadelphia by a gang of 18 whites?
And let get this right. When two Black men bash a LBTQ person, all Blacks need to gather around/ get togather and talk to family and friend to confront and combat homophobia. Yet when 18 Whites do the same thing, we just sit on the toilet and push harder? What hypocrisy and stupidity.
And a post like this only gives ammunition to LGBTQ r@cist. And lets not forget:
Hsrvey Milk
Matthew Shepard
Tina Brandon/Brandon Tina
Scott Amedure
Roxanne Ellis & Michelle Abdill
Barry Winchell
Steven Fenrich
Larry King
Were all murdered by Whites. So I guess Whites do not need to gather around, talk to family and friends. Only Blacks?
And lets not forget Gary Matson and Winfried Mowder. Murdered by White supremacist. @LadyL: Shut up!!
JerseyMike
@Desert Boy: I got it the first time but wanted to see if you were man enough to say why race of the these criminals mattered.. Violence has no face but I guess it does to you.. Enjoy your evening..
Saint Law
@Desert Boy: “Got it now?”
Yes you’re a moron.
Billysees
@LadyL:
“…my gut feeling is that religiosity, coupled with cultural ignorance and fear, is what fuels this hatred.”
Sensible comment, but should say ‘conservative religiosity’. That’s an important distinction to make.
@Captain Obvious:
“You change opinions by getting to know them better on a human level so they see beyond whatever labels they put on you or you put on yourself.”
“Be more than your sexuality. That’s how you change things.”
Excellent comments.
skcord
I think we can close comments cause Tackle took y’all to school. Or to put it in queen’s English…. he put it down sharply! People will look to any incident to justify their racism and complete lack of self awareness.
Bob LaBlah
Let’s see now: Brooklyn? Bushwick? Yeah, mon. It would not shock me at all to learn the perpetrators are Yeah Mon-ers. Not at all. There are a lot of frustrated Jamaicans over there in that hell hole of a section in NYC who yearn for a chance to take their frustrations out on a “faggot”.
As I said before, it is too bad these “faggots” were not armed or were able to stand up and defend themselves. A few well placed punches and kicks would have sent them all scurrying away like the rats they are. Bible be damn, people, learn to defend yourselves.
Kangol
@skcord:
Thank you. I didn’t hear anyone call for all whites or suburban whites to gather their families together to talk about ending violence against LGBTQ people after that gang of white preppies brutally attacked those gay men in Philadelphia, nor did I see anyone comment about how all white Catholics should gather their families and clerics together to ask them to stop promoting hate after that closeted white hatemonger Cardinal Burke told a white family to reject their gay child and not let her be around other family members, but hey, two alleged black criminals are depicted, and the r@cist comments pop up like jimsum weed. Ugh!
Bob LaBlah
@Saralikesyarr: You might want to look at the horrible murder of Michael Sandy by two young white losers who had a habit of luring men they hunted online to locations throughout NYC in order to rob them. They drug that poor dead kid back onto the pavement after he was run over by a car on a freeway trying to escape a hookup that turned into a robbery and beating. Both of them will be out or at least up for parole by 2020. One of them will be out on good behavior regardless of the fact it was he who instigated the whole thing. They were not charged with a hate crime either. And this happened in NYC of all places.
I fail to see what LadyL said that warranted this useless outburst from you and others on this board. Personally, I think she had a valid point. It is obvious she is referring to immigrants in the part of her remark regarding culture.
LadyL, pay those comments no attention. Say what you want to say and how you intend for it to be read. You owe no explanation/apology to no one.
Kieran
Another despicable hate crime case in NY that “the Rev” Al Sharpton will ignore. “Civil Rights leader” your ass. The MSNBC gasbag is nothing but a race hustler and opportunist.
Maude
I know a white man who likes to pay straight black men for sex, he drives into black neighborhoods in Miami and brings them back to his home with him.
He has been beaten several times that I know of, and I’m sure more that I don’t know about.
Given the opportunity, a lowlife will do great harm especially if he already carries prejudicial hatred for a man of a different color, or a gay swish…..or both
That is not a “its your own fault” remark is a lack of good sense remark.
Maude
@JerseyMike:
I know a white man who likes to pay straight black men for sex, he drives into black neighborhoods in Miami and brings them back to his home with him.
He has been beaten several times that I know of, and I’m sure more that I don’t know about.
Given the opportunity, a lowlife will do great harm especially if he already carries prejudicial hatred for a man of a different color, or a gay swish…..or both
That is not a “its your own fault” remark is a lack of good sense remark.
Maude
So now we are to ignore the news stories all around us that show us that the predominant perpetrators of maiming and killings are under educated blacks mugging people because they can’t get a job, or because they don’t even know who their fathers are.
You can’t stop it until you identify it.
skcord
Maude, if that is the case why don’t you call out the white perpetrators of violence against the gay community? Whenever its a white person doing wrong NO ONE mentions race or even feels the need to confront the white community. When its a person of cor you guys fall over yourselves to condemn an entire population of people. Funniest of all, the loudest anti gay voices are 99 percent white. Even if every black person supported the gay community it wouldn’t matter much because that segment of society DOESN’T SET POLICY IN AMERICA
bobolover
As long as we keep denying the reality of black male violence, homophobia and idolization of thuggish criminal behavior via a hip hop culture that promotes violence against LGBTQ people, we will continue to see an increase in violence.
When we see the video of Michael Brown intimidating the store owner, after being confronted for robbing him of the cigars, we can only imagine his response to being called out by the cop that ultimately shot and killed him. This has instead been turned into a civil rights issue that once-again masks the underlying issues that will never be addressed because black male thugs get a free pass – where is the outrage over the civil rights of LGBTQ victims of violence??!!!