Black men beat up white gay couple at NYC Chelsea restaurant

[JohnnyAnger]

So some gay guys had a fight in a bar? OK. They probably shouldn't be fighting or hitting chairs over each other, but once you step up for a fight and take a swing at a bloke expect dumb shit to happen. Although it does seem cheap to hit someone over the head with a chair after you have already floored them once.

The New York Daily News interviewed Isaam Sharef, who shot the YouTube clip in this post:

The couple had been in a verbal argument that almost turned physical, Sharef said, when the unidentified man with the chair said something one of the duo didn’t like.

“Everyone was commenting on them fighting,” Sharef told the Daily News. “It was a big scene.”

Snipes went over to the man and took a swing at him, sparking the fight, Sharef said. The big man was able to get Snipes on the ground and stomp him before York-Adams stepped in to separate the two.

That’s when Sharef caught the chair slam on video.

...Sharef said he never hear gay slurs and doubts the incident was a hate crime. The restaurant, in the heart of Chelsea’s gay club district, is known as a gay hangout, he said.

Snipes got in touch with Sharef and indicated that he hoped to press charges against the unknown attacker.

“I didn’t get the impression it was a hate crime because the other guy (Snipes) started the fight,” Sharef said.

 

[JohnnyAnger]

Like yeah, arrest the guy with the chair, his a dick. But don't start turning this into a homophobic thing on zero grounds. I can't help feeling we assume the man is homophobic because his black...

 

[zombiekiller]

Like yeah, arrest the guy with the chair, his a dick. But don't start turning this into a homophobic thing on zero grounds. I can't help feeling we assume the man is homophobic because his black...

Without any further info, it's impossible to tell. Most people right now are assuming one way or the other. Why not just hold off judgment until everything is on the table?

The only thing we know for sure is the guy with the chair ought to be charged with aggravated assault. The situation seemed to have been deescalated and then he had to use a damn chair to re-escalate the situation again.

 

[LuckysRevenge]

Double post.

 

[LuckysRevenge]

So some gay guys had a fight in a bar? OK. They probably shouldn't be fighting or hitting chairs over each other, but once you step up for a fight and take a swing at a bloke expect dumb shit to happen. Although it does seem cheap to hit someone over the head with a chair after you have already floored them once.

The New York Daily News interviewed Isaam Sharef, who shot the YouTube clip in this post:

The couple had been in a verbal argument that almost turned physical, Sharef said, when the unidentified man with the chair said something one of the duo didn’t like.

“Everyone was commenting on them fighting,” Sharef told the Daily News. “It was a big scene.”

Snipes went over to the man and took a swing at him, sparking the fight, Sharef said. The big man was able to get Snipes on the ground and stomp him before York-Adams stepped in to separate the two.

That’s when Sharef caught the chair slam on video.

...Sharef said he never hear gay slurs and doubts the incident was a hate crime. The restaurant, in the heart of Chelsea’s gay club district, is known as a gay hangout, he said.

Snipes got in touch with Sharef and indicated that he hoped to press charges against the unknown attacker.

“I didn’t get the impression it was a hate crime because the other guy (Snipes) started the fight,” Sharef said.

Thank you.