Georgia Gay Bashing?
Two marines have been arrested for allegedly beating up a gay man in Savannah, Georgia. Keil Cronauer and Christopher Stanzel stand accused of attacking Kieran Daly so badly that he suffered bruises to his brain and seizures, immediately after the attack, his friends performed CPR. The Marines were caught running from the scene in Savannah's Johnson Square early Saturday morning.
According to local media, the two marines were angry because they thought Daly was harassing them, however, Daly told local reporters, the two were mad because they thought that he had winked at one of them. "The guy thought I was winking at him," Daly said. "I told him, 'I was squinting, man. ... I'm tired.' he said, adding that one of the men told him he demanded respect because he served in Iraq. And at least one of them hurled homophobic slurs at him as he tried to walk away. "That's the last thing I remember is walking away," Daly said.
The FBI is investigating the incident to determine whether federal hate crime laws were broken as Georgia is one of five states that does not have legislation requiring stiffer penalties for hate crimes. Others include Indiana, Wyoming, South Carolina, and Arkansas.
Jason Shaw
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