Police arrest two men in beating of gay men in New York City

[ismnotwasm]

NEW YORK — Two men were arrested in connection with the beating of two gay men in Manhattan early Friday and police are investigating whether there is a link to an earlier anti-gay attack in the same area on Sunday.

Friday’s attack happened at 5 a.m. after two gay men tried to enter an after-hours billiard club and were denied entry, said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The two were approached by a group of about five men who shouted anti-gay slurs and beat them, Coleman said.

He said the gay men tried to flee but the attackers followed them to the entrance to the 33rd Street PATH station, where Port Authority officers saw the assault and broke it up.

Several of the attackers fled but officers arrested two suspects.

Asllan Berisha and Brian Ramirez, both 21, were arrested on charges of felony assault as a hate crime. No information on attorneys for the suspects was immediately available.


Coleman said both victims suffered severe facial injuries and were treated at Bellevue Hospital, where one victim underwent eye surgery. Their names were not released.

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/police-arrest-two-men-in-beating-of-gay-men-in-new-york-city/

[MagickMuffin]

1. That is tragic, hopefully the guys arrested will rat out the others involved

It is unfortunate that even though the police didn't release the names of the victims, the paper decided to print their pics.

My thoughts go out to the men and I hope they can recover fully from their injuries!

[dsc]

3. the men asked for the pics to be run

for the purpose of hopefully helping generate leads.

[MagickMuffin]

4. Well as long as the men authorized it then I have no complaints

I generally don't want anyone outed without their knowledge.

Thanks for clearing that up. I don't believe it was stated in the link you provided, however, I could have missed it if it was stated!

Peace

[Bluenorthwest]

2. NYC has become dangerous in part due to Bloomberg's insistence that the police stop and frisk

random minority youth instead of protecting the people.