Subscribe to Breaking NewsWithers: Another hate crime victim
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is right. The press conferences are getting tiresome. Jack Price was minding his business, thinking he could walk to a corner store. Two culprits thought otherwise and allegedly attacked him, leaving Price with two collapsed lungs, a lacerated spleen, broken ribs and a broken jaw. As the culprits beat him, the whole affair was captured on camera, they shouted anti-gay epithets.
A suspect was arrested this past Sunday and the other—Daniel Rodriguez apparently on the run—was caught yesterday at the home of a relative in Virginia (why is it that criminals who do stuff that makes the papers think they can get away by going to a relative’s house?). Rodriguez’s family is coming to his defense, arguing there is no way he has anti-gay animus.
“This wasn’t a hate crime,” said Christina Rodriguez, the suspects sister. “If he’s guilty of anything, he’ll man up to it.”
So now we wait for the legal system to turn its slow wheels. As for Price, he underwent surgery yesterday and at last word his condition was described as serious yet stable.
“He’s speaking,” said Price’s sister-in-law JoAnne Guarneri. “He’s our miracle. God wasn’t ready to take him yet.”
Anyone want to argue that some straight’s don’t have a certain bigotry?
Longtime straight LGBT Ally…. I resent that remark, period.
We would be doing great if those who commit -regular- crimes would have as much attention paid on them as is paid on those who commit *hate* crimes.
This entire article is an exercise in hat by Withers.
Withers … your the pot calling the kettle black.
The man in this photo may have had his heart, soul and spirit crushed, broken and desicrated by your words and the pen IS mightier than the sword!
Withers: Some (corpulent) people should not wear certain t-shirts
By James Withers 10.08.2009 8:43am EDT
Let’s say you are a little pork chop (if you are insulted by fat jokes move on, Boo. Move on). Let’s also assume as a bigun, you need a motorized cart to get to the potato chip aisle. If these things are true, it seems prudent your big booty should not be wearing a t-shirt with homophobic crap.
The above pic was taken from the bestest internets site People of WalMart. The photo of “too fat to walk Mr. Homophobe” was taken in Nebraska. As a rule I care little about sartorial choices, but the clothes of my large clan do bring pause. Lycra bike pants are terrible for those with ham hock thighs, and bigoted t-shirts should not be worn by those with too much blubber to defend themselves.
What unnerves me though is that this handicapped butterball, too lazy to even walk, got up one morning and thought it would be nice to wear an anti-gay shirt. Doesn’t he have family who can give him advice? We know he has no friends. Who would want to freely associate with such a little disgusting roly-poly?
I’m sure husky man is never online (his fingers are too chubby to type), but if you are out there, drop by and explain yourself sir. Ex-gay? Bitter over love lost? Sodomized by your best high-school friend—he was the star jock of the school—and loved it so much you freaked out? And what’s your favorite potato chip? I’m guessing Ruffles (which is a good choice).