Hate Crimes

Nat · 03-19-2012, 02:19 AM

Corpus Christi, TX - Beating Victim Calls Assault a Hate Crime
A man found naked and severely beaten near Staples and Morgan last week is calling the attack a hate crime. Twenty-four-year-old Keire Gartica says two men beat him and sexually assaulted him for hours while shouting racial and homophobic slurs.

Gartica says he went to a house on Elizabeth Street friday night to pay off a $5 debt, although he didn't reveal what the money was for. Then, he says the men ordered him to clean the house while they beat him with a frying pan, a gun, and other objects. He says they stripped him naked and sexually assaulted him, all the while shouting racial and homophobic slurs at the man who admits he is gay.
"It was a big joke to them and I could not get out! And every time I tried to move, they pistol whipped me."

After hours of abuse, Gartica says he escaped through a window. A witness who saw him naked and bloody called police and Gartica was taken to the hospital. The suspects, two hispanic men in their 20's or 30's, haven't been found.

Soon · 05-21-2012, 07:18 PM

NC Pastor Wants To Build Electrified Fence To Contain, Starve And Ultimately Kill Gays: VIDEO

Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/2012/05/nc-...#ixzz1vYatY4yG

Tax ID # is 56-1933166 and their real name is Cornerstone Church of Maiden.

You can file a complaint against them with the IRS http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f3949a.pdf for running a hate group diguised as a church.

You can also contact the US Justice Dept and make a complaint
Rose Ochi, Director of Hate Crimes Unit
600 E Street, NW, Suite 2000
Washington, D.C. 20530

Soon · 07-23-2012, 01:10 PM

Hundreds attend vigil after reported hate crime

Hundreds of people gathered with rainbow flags and candles outside the Capitol for a nighttime vigil sparked by a woman's account of a violent, hate-fueled attack that spread rapidly over the Internet on Sunday.

The woman said she was attacked early that morning by three masked men who barged into her house, bound her wrists and ankles with zip ties, cut her all over her body and carved homophobic slurs into her skin before dumping gasoline on her floor and lighting it with a match, said a friend who spoke to the Journal Star.

The friend said the woman crawled from her house, naked and bleeding and screaming for help before reaching the doorstep of a neighbor's home.

Late Sunday, police said they still were investigating the case and had yet to release an account of what they believe happened inside the home.

Nat · 11-27-2012, 06:59 AM

Teen arrested for assaulting woman on Thanksgiving day

23 year-old Mallory Owens attacked by her girlfriend's 18 year-old brother Travis Hawkins Jr. at his family's home in Mobile, AL.

DA: Not able to confirm 'hate crime'

Rich said it is early in the investigation and charges could be upgraded, depending on the evidence. Rich also said her office is still trying to determine a motive.
"Some people say the motive has been a hate crime. We have not been able to confirm that at this point. But that is part of the ongoing investigation,” said Rich.
If the beating is considered to be a hate crime, Hawkins could face federal charges.
"A hate crime as defined by law in the State of Alabama does not cover gay and lesbian rights. So that would be a federal charge that would need to be brought against the defendant and that would be the U.S attorney's office,” said Rich.

Family: Teen Beat Sister's Girlfriend for Being Gay

(Mallory - left, her girlfriend - right)

"She was invited over by the family to eat Thanksgiving. I did not want her to go, I begged her not to go, knowing how the family felt about her. But she said, 'They're trying to be nice.'"
Mallory's mother says this isn't the first time he's attacked her. Earlier this year, family members tell News 5 that Travis Hawkins Jr. hit Mallory over the head with a pipe wrench. She was injured, but the family did not pursue charges after that incident.
This time, she was beaten so badly that she's almost unrecognizable. She had to have facial reconstruction surgery, with metal plates put in her cheek bones.

Unfortunately, the District Attorney is familiar with the Hawkins family. Ashley Rich actually tried to prosecute the defendant's father, Travis Hawkins Sr., in January 2011, after he shot his son, Hawkins Jr. Since the son refused to testify, she was unable to pursue the case further.

Mallory has no health insurance. If anyone would like to donate to her medical bills, a fund has been set up in her name at any Regions Bank.

Spirit Dancer · 11-27-2012, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nat

Teen arrested for assaulting woman on Thanksgiving day

23 year-old Mallory Owens attacked by her girlfriend's 18 year-old brother Travis Hawkins Jr. at his family's home in Mobile, AL.

DA: Not able to confirm 'hate crime'

Rich said it is early in the investigation and charges could be upgraded, depending on the evidence. Rich also said her office is still trying to determine a motive.
"Some people say the motive has been a hate crime. We have not been able to confirm that at this point. But that is part of the ongoing investigation,” said Rich.
If the beating is considered to be a hate crime, Hawkins could face federal charges.
"A hate crime as defined by law in the State of Alabama does not cover gay and lesbian rights. So that would be a federal charge that would need to be brought against the defendant and that would be the U.S attorney's office,” said Rich.

Family: Teen Beat Sister's Girlfriend for Being Gay

(Mallory - left, her girlfriend - right)

"She was invited over by the family to eat Thanksgiving. I did not want her to go, I begged her not to go, knowing how the family felt about her. But she said, 'They're trying to be nice.'"
Mallory's mother says this isn't the first time he's attacked her. Earlier this year, family members tell News 5 that Travis Hawkins Jr. hit Mallory over the head with a pipe wrench. She was injured, but the family did not pursue charges after that incident.
This time, she was beaten so badly that she's almost unrecognizable. She had to have facial reconstruction surgery, with metal plates put in her cheek bones.

Unfortunately, the District Attorney is familiar with the Hawkins family. Ashley Rich actually tried to prosecute the defendant's father, Travis Hawkins Sr., in January 2011, after he shot his son, Hawkins Jr. Since the son refused to testify, she was unable to pursue the case further.

Mallory has no health insurance. If anyone would like to donate to her medical bills, a fund has been set up in her name at any Regions Bank.

here's the link for the Facebook page Justice For Mallory

http://www.facebook.com/mallory.owen...<br /> <br />

Parker · 11-27-2012, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nat

Teen arrested for assaulting woman on Thanksgiving day

23 year-old Mallory Owens attacked by her girlfriend's 18 year-old brother Travis Hawkins Jr. at his family's home in Mobile, AL.

I saw this last night and it sickened me ... especially since Hawkins was only charged with assault and released on bail the same day.

Mallory is in my thoughts ...

Happy_Go_Lucky · 11-27-2012, 12:37 PM

violence against women to be hate crimes, but if his sentence will be longer by this legality, good.

My wish is for this young lady to recover from her injuries. I'm afraid her physical injuries will be healed long before her emotional ones.

Nat · 11-27-2012, 11:23 PM

Update on Mallory Owens - her girlfriend picked her up from the hospital and brought her back to the place where she was attacked where she has given interviews stating the attack was not based on her orientation.

Mallory Owens: My Beating Was Not a Hate Crime

MOBILE, Alabama --
It's hard to believe, but just a few hours after News 5 visited Mallory Owens practically unconscious in the hospital, she woke up and left. She's now back at the place where it all started on Thanksgiving night.
"I'm okay, I'm good," said Owens. "Just a bad bad night."
Mallory's family told News 5 on Monday that she was beaten by her girlfriend's brother for being gay. Mallory doesn't remember much from that night, but says being gay is not the reason she was attacked.
"A lot of things have happened between us, but it doesn't make me hate her brother," said Owens. "I don't hate her family at all, or anybody for that matter."
Her girlfriend Ally Hawkins is by her side. She says her brother's actions are not justified, but he had his own reasons for the attack. They are reasons that will be released when the time is right.
"It's not a hate crime at all," said Ally Hawkins. "We both know the reason why this happened, and it doesn't make any excuses for him, I'm not defending him at all. I know why he was angry, and that will come out."
Mallory's accused attacker is 18-year-old Travis Hawkins Jr., who was arrested on second degree assault charges and later bonded out. His lawyer James Byrd says his client is now in hiding, after death threats left him fearing for his life.
"People get a story and go with it, and before it's over its an entirely different animal," said Byrd.
The story of Mallory's beating took the online community by storm. Soon, it was known around the world. Travis Hawkins' attorney says his client was already tried and convicted by people on the Internet who have no idea what really happened.
"People have taken this and overreacted, and made it something that it's not," said Byrd.
Still, Mallory's mother Kristi Taylor has met with Mobile's District Attorney, urging Ashley Rich to upgrade the charges against Hawkins to attempted murder.
More details should be released when Travis Hawkins goes to court on December 10th for his arraignment.

03-19-2012, 02:19 AM	#1
Nat Senior Member How Do You Identify?: bigender (DID System) Preferred Pronoun?: he/him or alter-specific Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Central TX Posts: 3,537 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,047 Thanked 13,963 Times in 2,589 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Corpus Christi, TX - Beating Victim Calls Assault a Hate Crime A man found naked and severely beaten near Staples and Morgan last week is calling the attack a hate crime. Twenty-four-year-old Keire Gartica says two men beat him and sexually assaulted him for hours while shouting racial and homophobic slurs. Gartica says he went to a house on Elizabeth Street friday night to pay off a $5 debt, although he didn't reveal what the money was for. Then, he says the men ordered him to clean the house while they beat him with a frying pan, a gun, and other objects. He says they stripped him naked and sexually assaulted him, all the while shouting racial and homophobic slurs at the man who admits he is gay. "It was a big joke to them and I could not get out! And every time I tried to move, they pistol whipped me." After hours of abuse, Gartica says he escaped through a window. A witness who saw him naked and bloody called police and Gartica was taken to the hospital. The suspects, two hispanic men in their 20's or 30's, haven't been found. __________________ I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl. - Bjork What is to give light must endure burning. -Viktor Frankl

11-27-2012, 06:59 AM	#4
Nat Senior Member How Do You Identify?: bigender (DID System) Preferred Pronoun?: he/him or alter-specific Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Central TX Posts: 3,537 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,047 Thanked 13,963 Times in 2,589 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Teen arrested for assaulting woman on Thanksgiving day 23 year-old Mallory Owens attacked by her girlfriend's 18 year-old brother Travis Hawkins Jr. at his family's home in Mobile, AL. DA: Not able to confirm 'hate crime' Rich said it is early in the investigation and charges could be upgraded, depending on the evidence. Rich also said her office is still trying to determine a motive. "Some people say the motive has been a hate crime. We have not been able to confirm that at this point. But that is part of the ongoing investigation,” said Rich. If the beating is considered to be a hate crime, Hawkins could face federal charges. "A hate crime as defined by law in the State of Alabama does not cover gay and lesbian rights. So that would be a federal charge that would need to be brought against the defendant and that would be the U.S attorney's office,” said Rich. Family: Teen Beat Sister's Girlfriend for Being Gay (Mallory - left, her girlfriend - right) "She was invited over by the family to eat Thanksgiving. I did not want her to go, I begged her not to go, knowing how the family felt about her. But she said, 'They're trying to be nice.'" Mallory's mother says this isn't the first time he's attacked her. Earlier this year, family members tell News 5 that Travis Hawkins Jr. hit Mallory over the head with a pipe wrench. She was injured, but the family did not pursue charges after that incident. This time, she was beaten so badly that she's almost unrecognizable. She had to have facial reconstruction surgery, with metal plates put in her cheek bones. Unfortunately, the District Attorney is familiar with the Hawkins family. Ashley Rich actually tried to prosecute the defendant's father, Travis Hawkins Sr., in January 2011, after he shot his son, Hawkins Jr. Since the son refused to testify, she was unable to pursue the case further. Mallory has no health insurance. If anyone would like to donate to her medical bills, a fund has been set up in her name at any Regions Bank. __________________ I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl. - Bjork What is to give light must endure burning. -Viktor Frankl Last edited by Nat; 11-27-2012 at 07:18 AM.

11-27-2012, 12:37 PM	#7
Happy_Go_Lucky Member How Do You Identify?: OFOS Butch who desires femme company. Preferred Pronoun?: Handsome devil you. Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Anywhere I want to be Posts: 677 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,203 Thanked 3,365 Times in 627 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	I consider ALL violence against women to be hate crimes, but if his sentence will be longer by this legality, good. My wish is for this young lady to recover from her injuries. I'm afraid her physical injuries will be healed long before her emotional ones.

11-27-2012, 11:23 PM	#8
Nat Senior Member How Do You Identify?: bigender (DID System) Preferred Pronoun?: he/him or alter-specific Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Central TX Posts: 3,537 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,047 Thanked 13,963 Times in 2,589 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Update on Mallory Owens - her girlfriend picked her up from the hospital and brought her back to the place where she was attacked where she has given interviews stating the attack was not based on her orientation. Mallory Owens: My Beating Was Not a Hate Crime MOBILE, Alabama -- It's hard to believe, but just a few hours after News 5 visited Mallory Owens practically unconscious in the hospital, she woke up and left. She's now back at the place where it all started on Thanksgiving night. "I'm okay, I'm good," said Owens. "Just a bad bad night." Mallory's family told News 5 on Monday that she was beaten by her girlfriend's brother for being gay. Mallory doesn't remember much from that night, but says being gay is not the reason she was attacked. "A lot of things have happened between us, but it doesn't make me hate her brother," said Owens. "I don't hate her family at all, or anybody for that matter." Her girlfriend Ally Hawkins is by her side. She says her brother's actions are not justified, but he had his own reasons for the attack. They are reasons that will be released when the time is right. "It's not a hate crime at all," said Ally Hawkins. "We both know the reason why this happened, and it doesn't make any excuses for him, I'm not defending him at all. I know why he was angry, and that will come out." Mallory's accused attacker is 18-year-old Travis Hawkins Jr., who was arrested on second degree assault charges and later bonded out. His lawyer James Byrd says his client is now in hiding, after death threats left him fearing for his life. "People get a story and go with it, and before it's over its an entirely different animal," said Byrd. The story of Mallory's beating took the online community by storm. Soon, it was known around the world. Travis Hawkins' attorney says his client was already tried and convicted by people on the Internet who have no idea what really happened. "People have taken this and overreacted, and made it something that it's not," said Byrd. Still, Mallory's mother Kristi Taylor has met with Mobile's District Attorney, urging Ashley Rich to upgrade the charges against Hawkins to attempted murder. More details should be released when Travis Hawkins goes to court on December 10th for his arraignment. __________________ I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl. - Bjork What is to give light must endure burning. -Viktor Frankl

05-21-2012, 07:18 PM	#2
Soon Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: attached Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,896 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,046 Thanked 13,093 Times in 3,386 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	NC Pastor Wants To Build Electrified Fence To Contain, Starve And Ultimately Kill Gays: VIDEO Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/2012/05/nc-...#ixzz1vYatY4yG Tax ID # is 56-1933166 and their real name is Cornerstone Church of Maiden. You can file a complaint against them with the IRS http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f3949a.pdf for running a hate group diguised as a church. You can also contact the US Justice Dept and make a complaint Rose Ochi, Director of Hate Crimes Unit 600 E Street, NW, Suite 2000 Washington, D.C. 20530

07-23-2012, 01:10 PM	#3
Soon Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: attached Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,896 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,046 Thanked 13,093 Times in 3,386 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	Hundreds attend vigil after reported hate crime Hundreds of people gathered with rainbow flags and candles outside the Capitol for a nighttime vigil sparked by a woman's account of a violent, hate-fueled attack that spread rapidly over the Internet on Sunday. The woman said she was attacked early that morning by three masked men who barged into her house, bound her wrists and ankles with zip ties, cut her all over her body and carved homophobic slurs into her skin before dumping gasoline on her floor and lighting it with a match, said a friend who spoke to the Journal Star. The friend said the woman crawled from her house, naked and bleeding and screaming for help before reaching the doorstep of a neighbor's home. Late Sunday, police said they still were investigating the case and had yet to release an account of what they believe happened inside the home.