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:Eric Ethington (Author) | February 14, 2011
Peru – Several police officers, apparently without name tags on and possibly intoxicated, violently attacked a group of LGBT activists who were staging a kiss-in today. Watch the scary footage below. Keep the annotations on for subtitles.
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 21, 2011
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – A gay couple are filing harassment and brutality charges against the local police department, after they say they were taken out of their homes and beaten in the snow by 10-12 officers with batons. Several neighbors have pictures and video. In late December, police were called to the home of partners Luis [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 28, 2010
Austin, TX – Two gay men were beaten on Christmas after leaving a gay bar, the attack took place on a major street and continued for 5-10 minutes with no one coming to their aid. Once police arrived, they told the victims that “there was nothing they could do.” I don’t understand this folks. Where [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 1, 2010
Houston, Texas - A police sergeant is under investigation by Internal Affairs after two officers complained that while preparing to patrol the Houston Gay Pride Parade he was heard saying that he wanted to “rough up and arrest some f**gots.” The name of the Sergeant and the complaining officers are being withheld during the investigation until an [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 4, 2010
Jackson, New Jersey – Police officers have filed a complaint against Mayor Michael Reina after he made an anti-gay slur during a meeting. Mayor Reina is on record saying “Well at least I’m not a homo,” in front of a gay officer. What a sleazemouth. Mayor Reina was complaining to Sergeant Steven Laskiewicz and other officers in [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | October 29, 2010
Santa Ana, CA – When the staff of Equality California arrived at their office this morning, they found a noose tied to their front door. They immediately called the police, but instead of help, were told “sometimes you just have to live with being a victim.” WTF? My understanding is that threats made against LGBT [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | October 1, 2010
Moscow, Russia – Police arrested several anti-gay protesters as they tried to interrupt a city-approved gay-rights rally. Gay Activists are thrilled at the difference in police behavior since homophobe Mayor Luzhkov was fired earlier this week. The gay-rights activists – led by Nikolai Alexeyev were protesting Swiss International Airline’s role in the government-kidnapping of Mr. [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | September 10, 2010
Atlanta – Last year, police raided the Atlanta Eagle gay bar and detained dozens of patrons causing fury in the local community. Now a year later, a citizens review board has determined the the officers broke the law by performing the no-warrant raid. Hopefully this sends a message to police across the nation that it [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | June 28, 2010
West Virginia – Timothy Michael Mazza, 37, was sitting on his back porch with his partner when 3 police officers arrived to question him about a bogus incident with his neighbors. After answering their questions, Tim tried to go inside but found himself on the ground being kicked while the officers yelled gay slurs. [As [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | April 27, 2010
Claremore, OK – A gay college student was bashed almost to death, but now the police are ignoring the case and trying to make it go away. The below story is courtesy of Unfinished Lives. This is horrible!! Please contact the Claremore, OK Police and tell them to get off their asses! Claremore, OK [...]
"Eric, trying to have this (civil rights) conversation with you is ultimately like trying to teach a pig to dance, it just annoys the pig. So Eric, sorry to annoy you."
-Paul Mero, The Sutherland Institute.