Bigoted college football RB attacks gay couple; kicked off team [View all]

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The 23-year-old from Lakeland, Florida, was booked on two counts of battery. According to a Huntington, West Virginia, police report, Butler punched two men who exchanged a kiss on a downtown Huntington street on April 5.

The victims, Casey Williams and Zackery Johnson, told police Butler stepped out of a car after seeing the men kiss.

Butler "approached the two (men) shouting derogatory words" before punching each of the men in the face, the police report said. The victims captured part of the assault on camera and photographed the vehicle.

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"The type of violent, bigoted behavior reported to have been perpetrated by this student is not tolerated at Marshall University. Period," university interim President Gary White said in a statement. "This is an extremely serious matter."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/06/sport/marshall-university-player-arrest/index.html