a damn mess at some of these replies :skull:

Some are just here to light a fuse but that’s perfectly okay. What a life they live

perfect description :skull:

yes, also ignoring what we should debate about, that racist/homophobic attacks like these are disgusting and we need to do something about this

yes especially the ones who want to brand the whole USA police force as racist criminals..


:rolleyes:

dont tell this forum what to debate and what not to debate

The USA police force are racist but then what do you expect when the country is run by a racist

:oh: :idc:

Are you part of the USA police force? I don’t see how it would affect you in anyway. You know with you sometimes, it’s like you want a rise out of people but then you retreat knowing you have sh*t all to back your case. I might not have anything to back my case about the racism within the US police force because it’s pretty prominent to my understanding. Please go bother someone else

He’s a slop and then some.

Kinda says it all when a black gay man gets attacked and he's the one put on trial doesn't it?

"I might not have anything to back my case"

then dont post about it and you wont get yourself in a state

I'm sure I've seen videos of white police officers handing out ice lollies and toys to black underprivileged kids in usa

Yes Parmy the USA police force do a tremendous job in the face of lethal danger every day and dont get paid near enough

no it does not but it does highlight how the internet can and often is judge and jury if people are lazy and do not post correct facts and jump to conclusion before the law has been applied.

The police will always investigate all angles and do not just take peoples word for things - they have to use evidence to save court time and innocent lives being ruined

The whole BLM thing is an excellent example of that. A very dangerous road to go down is trial by youtube as we have seen

oh wow so I guess racism is gone then?! :amazed:

There's a difference between waiting and seeing what the investigation serves up and outright doubting the victim based on nothing, that is what some people are doing in this thread.

The man was hospitalised, he has been injured so that in itself is proof that something happened, there's no evidence that he had made it up like some people are hinting at in this thread but there's definite evidence that he was attacked.

Thank you!

I think the doubt lies with whether this was actually a hate crime. I personally think it was, since racism and homophobia is embedded in American culture/society. However, that's still a presumption and none of us could bet our lives that this story is 100% true yet.

Just going off twitter but apparently he was covered in bleach. The culprits are barbarians.

eww

hope police catch them and lock them up for life, let them rot in prison

No evidence of who attacked him yet though, only his word. Nobody is doubting him, we're just waiting for the facts. We've just had a MP in the UK sent to prison for lying to the authorities about what happened, so it is possible to happen.

Us on the forum is not where you're anger should be aimed, we've done nothing but comment on the facts we currently have.

Wait so you won't condemn whoever did this because it is just on the victims words but you'll go and crack an unfunny fat joke about a woman after the Daily Stad tells you she said she's bigger than the Beatles?

:suspect:

Who exactly am I suppose to be condemning? How did the altercation he had happen? What led up to it? What if he is lying about what happened to him, am I suppose to condemn a figment of his imagination?

I will condemn any person that beats somebody up, puts a rope round their neck and throws bleach on them, whether it be a racist attack or some other motive.

And to your other point, it's called a joke, you don't have to laugh, but I'm free to tell it.

Oh so because he’s black and gay he must be a liar

The only place that came from, is your mind.

Why do you think that?

Awful :(

Actually disgusted at some of the responses in here. But then again should I be surprised

This happens to a human being and all some people have to say is accuse him of lying? That’s worrying imo

I don't think anyone has called him an outright liar. The media, by which I suspect all of us discovered this story, have used words like "suspected" and "allegedly" because there are aspects of the story that none of us can confirm are true. We base our assumptions on whether we believe Jussie.

While I agree some of the responses on here are strange considering the severity of this attack, nobody has referred to him as liar or questioned whether he was actually attacked.

:shrug:

Let’s catch the racist and homophobic thugs who are responsible

to think all it took to end America’s race problems was some ice lollies

Quit baiting members, it's your thread that was posted with an incorrect title

lmao

This is what we have police for. The same police who have been attacked in this thread.

Makes you wonder why he reported it if some members are to be believed

the irony of you telling people to quit baiting

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When someone is attacked and all someone has to say is “Only his word for it” then that person may as well have just said that they think he’s lying, if he didn’t believe it then why make such a stupid comment other than trying to be a smart arse

Yes great point Nicky