Anti-gay assault in Bremerton, Wash.
Qnews Sep 07 08Source: Kitsap Sun Bremerton, Wash. -- A 44-year-old Bremerton man is suspected of "malicious harrasment" -- Washington's name for a hate crime -- after assaulting two men outside a downtown bar in this Navy town west of Seattle. According to a police report, the man attacked the two men after taunting them with anti-gay slurs, Kitsap Sun reports. Bremerton police were called to the scene Saturday at 2:16 am -- bar closing time. A witness told officers the 44-year-old began taunting the two men for being gay. The men left the bar, and after enduring more name-calling, used a profanity. Full story...
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