Tuesday, August 12, 2008

NO CHARGES AGAINST GAY MAN'S ATTACKERS IN SALT LAKE




Happy Tuesday Everyone. Sorry I am late starting the blogs. Been a busy busy day. I am starting off with a weird gay story. A Gay man was who was beaten on the 4th of July will not see any justice being done to his attackers. Looks like the group who attacked this man in Salt Lake will not be charged with assault. However, why was this man attacked in the first place? He supposedly kidnapped his neighbours children because they were not able to sleep at their house due to a loud party.. Sooo STRANGE.. Read below for the whole story.. Soo Twisted!

David Bell, 30, was beaten by between three and five of his neighbours at his home on 4th July, reports the Salt Lake Tribune.

The neighbours claim that Mr. Bell kidnapped two children aged two and four years from their house, who were later found in his bedroom.

Mr. Bell's family say that he took the children to his house when they could not sleep at their own due to a loud party.

Mr. Bell had been present at the party from around 2AM until dawn.

Roger Kraft, Mr. Bell's attorney, claims that the neighbours kicked down his client's door, broke his windows and attacked him and his partner, Dan Fair.

Mr. Bell stated that his attackers cut his throat and foot with broken glass, and can no longer hear with one ear due to violence of the incident.

The mother of one of the children, Lulu Latu, said: 'Imagine walking into your house and not being able to find your kids, and then you find them in someone else's bedroom.

'I know it's not right. But what if I hadn't caught it in time? It could have been a child-murder case instead.'

Roger Kraft said that the attack 'escalated into a hate crime,' and that Mr. Bell's attackers assumed that 'because a person's gay, he's also a child-molester.'

Kraft continued: 'If the mother had gone to that house and found David with his wife, this would not have happened.' Queerty.com reports.

Ms. Latu denied that Mr. Bell's sexuality was an issue, and that concern for the children motivated the attack.

Mr. Bell's uncle, Joe Taylor, stated that he though his nephew's actions were unlikely to be a kidnap attempt.

He said: 'It doesn't add up. Kidnapping when you got a bunch of people in both houses? When you're right next door? What's that?'

The Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute Mr. Bell's alleged assailants.

Mr. Bell is currently being held at Salt Lake County jail. [SOURCE]

I dunno what to think of this story.. Its just messed up. I thought I would blog it because it's one of the main stories out there right now.. WEIRD!!

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