This has GOT to stop

[jberryhill]

4. Two arrested after alleged beating of gay man

http://www.pinejournal.com/event/article/id/232760/group/news/publisher_ID/36/

Pelofske said he initially declined to have an ambulance take him to the hospital because he lacks health insurance. After answering questions for police, Johnson drove Pelofske to the hospital, where he remained until 7:30 a.m. on Sunday.

There, he said he consented to a CAT scan at the urging of medical staff.

“I didn’t want one at first because of the cost,” he said. “I can barely afford my cell-phone bill.”

After reviewing the result of the scan, Pelofske said, “They told me I was very lucky.”

News of the altercation spread quickly on social media websites Facebook and Twitter, with some characterizing it as a hate crime. But authorities declined to confirm that.

“After they’re arraigned and charged, the assault charge should show whether it’s a crime of bias,” Sgt. Brent Donahue of the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department told the News Tribune. “It’s an open investigation at this point.”