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03.03.2009 10:44am EST
(Galveston, Texas) Galveston gays are crediting police with swift action in arresting three people in connection with a violent weekend attack on two gay men in a gay bar.
One of the victims had his head split open when he was hit by a 4-pound rock. Police said both victims were inside the bar when the door to Roberts Lafitte bar suddenly opened and door stops and stones were thrown at patrons.“I thought I had just been slapped, and the second rock hit me here,” Marc Bosaw, 57, told The Galveston County Daily News, pointing to his head were he now has 12 surgical staples.
“Everything went white in my mind, and I thought that was it. I even said ‘goodbye,”‘ Bosaw said. James Nickelson, 39, another bar patron, was hit in the jaw but did not require treatment.
As Bosaw’s partner of 13 years, Victor Clements, 47, pressed on Bosaw’s wound to stop the bleeding until an ambulance arrived, bar patrons chased the suspects until police took up the chase.
The accused were apprehended a short while later and returned to the bar where they were identified by patrons.
Lawrence Henry Lewis III, 20, Lawrneil Henry Lewis, 18, and Alejandro Sam Gray, 17, are each charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon with the enhancement of a hate crime. Bond has been set at $120,000 each.
Police are expected to produce the rock that hit Bosaw in court. The rock still has part of Bosaw’s scalp and hair still attached.
Good friend,
How old are you and what point are you trying to make?
Sincerely,
James
ps: by the way: leaving threats on a political blog? Not very original.
Timmy the twink I should tracc you dowen and hit you wit a rocc I am good friends wit A.J. aka Alejandro and to all y’all [Punk negroes] who talk [crap] bout hem calling hem a raccest he has no reckord no past truble wit the law nothing he is a A B ohern roll
So ask your sealfs why would a boy never in truble has good grades do somthing like this the [negroes] had it coming I chill in galveston a lot and them gay bars start a lot [crap] I’ve had bottles thrown at me and [crap] I’m lettin y’all know now my friend is still a kid he better not go to Jail or b found gelty….and all y’all other gays talkin [crap] I under stand y’all bing mad but but if y’all wana do sumthin let me know ill knocc y’all the fucc out if y’all realy wana talk [crap] and as for aj he say he dident do so I’m wit hem fucc yall
Tired of This, I am a gay black guy who’s beginning to beginning to wonder the same thing. I don’t have an accurate read on whether it’s MSM that is making it appear that way or not but it seems that anti-gay violence is on the rise and a number of these perps are AA. It makes me really fear for the LGBT POC who’s in “the hood” that much more.
What IS it with African Americans and these assaults on gays?! Does there seem to be a higher percentage of them that do this?! (No offense to decent AA folk, here..) Galveston is an awesome town, otherwise.
No you guys have it all wrong – Just ask Mr. Withers – white gay racism caused this – these guys had it coming. It’s open season on white gay men – and we have no right to complain.
If this is the same bar that gave aid to the victims of Hurricane Ike, then this should be national news. We showed our compassion and our humanity and they repay us with violence. Glad to the the police there taking this seriously tho. Kudos for them.
Kudo’s to the Galveston Police that investigated this.
Many are very quick to judge the police. Let’s make sure we praise them for the good that they do, as well.