Yale Choir Assaulted; No Arrests By SFPD

[seriousstan]

Jan. 8 - KGO - Members of a renowned choral group from Yale University were attacked outside a New Year's Eve party in San Francisco, sending several of them to the hospital. Now the police department is coming under fire for its handling of the case.

This does not look good for the city. Yale sends its popular singing group, The Baker's Dozen, on a holiday concert tour. And San Francisco sends the young men away bloody, bruised, and several of them seriously injured.

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The trouble started at midnight after The Baker's Dozen sang "The Star Spangled Banner." Witnesses say a few local young men didn't appreciate the attention the Yale students were getting, made fun of their conservative dress and began taunting them and making threats.

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Witnesses say 19-year-old Richard Aicardi was the most aggressive.

Sharyar Aziz: "'You're not welcome here,' he called a few members of the group, whether it was fag or homo, very, I would say, juvenile taunting."

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=i_team&id=4916777

[keepCAblue]

1. This is probably why they were assaulted...

...guilt by association?


The Baker's Dozen with George Bush

[Strathos]

2. This was homophobic

They called them fags and started beating them up.

How long before we're killed in large numbers will the fucking X-Tians realize it is their hate that fuels these kinds of attacks?

I'm about ready to go militant.

[JVS]

3. here is some video of them from youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IBF-JySPNE

[Bluebear]

4. 'Fag, homo....' This country is regressing beofre our eyes. nt

[ellisonz]

5. Not acceptable.

WTF is wrong with the SFPD? Somebody from San Fran needs to explain.

:-(

[pinniped]

6. I suspect some of the suspects may be from prominent SF families.

There is always that possibility.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/11/BEATING.TMP