Category — Hate Crimes

New Haven, Conn. –This article is from www.deletetheborder.org.  A summary as written: When Abel Sanchez went to check on his brother-in-law, he was issued a ticket for interfering with a police officer. When he left police custody, he needed to go to a hospital, according to a civil rights complaint filed in federal court Monday. The affidavit alleges Sanchez was shoved to the ground, punched, kicked, handcuffed, and Maced in the back of a squad car by patrol officer Dennis O’Connell, before being taken to a warehouse and cleaned up by other cops. Read more of this story here.

We, Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (ZACF), were recently shocked to hear
about another homophobic murder in Johannesburg and extend our sympathy and
solidarity to the LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex)
community of South Africa, that has had to suffer from oppression and
discrimination so often within a short period of time. The murder of drag
queen Daisy Dube is yet another horrible chauvinistic murder and adds to the
escalating number of people killed in homophobic violence in South Africa in
recent times, including 10 lesbians killed since just 2006. [Read more →]

A prominent football player gang raped and murdered in South Africa last week was a victim of homophobic violence, according to activists. For the full story click here.

“Another black gay youth has been gunned down in Fort Lauderdale. Shanesa Conaway, 22, was shot to death on April 26 during a domestic dispute between her partner, Shameca Davis and Kevin Cartwright, the father of Davis two children.”

Click over to the Bilerico Project to read Waymon Hudson’s full story. QWB thanks Waymon for his diligence in keeping our community informed and his wonderful postings over at Bilerico. Fight Out Loud a group that Waymon is president of fights against hate directed at our community. Check them out.