Yesterday, 44-year-old Keith Patron was arrested for the slashing of a gay man who defended his transgendered girlfriend at a McDonald's restaurant in Greenwich Village.
Patron allegedly made anti-gay remarks to the couple, not realizing that one was in fact a transgender. They left the restaurant, but Patron followed them onto the sidewalk outside.
As I mentioned in my post the other day, that particular McDonald's restaurant has been the scene of a few violent incidents in recent months, and the nearby streets and subway stations harbor hooligans who, frequently in alcohol-soaked and drug-fueled rages, seek out potential victims who are, or seem to be, LGBT. If future incidents are to be prevented, people who venture into that part of town, as well as the NYPD, need to be more cognizant of those realities.
Patron allegedly made anti-gay remarks to the couple, not realizing that one was in fact a transgender. They left the restaurant, but Patron followed them onto the sidewalk outside.
As I mentioned in my post the other day, that particular McDonald's restaurant has been the scene of a few violent incidents in recent months, and the nearby streets and subway stations harbor hooligans who, frequently in alcohol-soaked and drug-fueled rages, seek out potential victims who are, or seem to be, LGBT. If future incidents are to be prevented, people who venture into that part of town, as well as the NYPD, need to be more cognizant of those realities.
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