BAY AREA DAY 2 SUPPLEMENT + ARMCHAIR PSYCHOLOGY

I forgot to mention that when I was looking for an advertised rental in a neighborhood south of the mission a small Japanese man came up to me and asked me "what street?" I tried to explain to him and he grabbed the print out from my hands. We finally came to an understanding and he grabbed my arm, told me how to hold my printed out map, and pulled me in the right direction. We walked for two blocks and he asked me how much the place was. I told him (but I won't mention it here) and he told me "that's too much." He then let go of my arm and crossed the street toward his bus stop without saying goodbye. I thanked him, but he walked really fast and I'm not sure he heard me.

Now, read the news article below - disgusting homophobic hate crime. But notice that one of the men charged with the crime has the last name "Gay." Hmmm I wonder why he has it in for homosexuals? Teased a little too much as a kid? Maybe there should be mandatory intervention for kids with such names by middle school.

Here's the article if you're interested ....

Four charged with sexual assault, robbery

Attack stemmed from meeting at gay bar, police say.
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AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Tuesday, August 03, 2004

Austin police on Tuesday charged four suspects in connection with a sexual assault and robbery of a gay man at his Southeast Austin apartment, in what detectives described as a hate crime.

Charged with aggravated sexual assault and aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon are Shawn Michael Regan, 21, of San Marcos; and Donald Roy Bockman Jr., 24; Darren Gay, 21; and a 16-year-old, all of Austin.

Bockman and Gay are being held on $200,000 bail each; Reagan and the juvenile are being sought.

Aggravated sexual assault and aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon are first-degree felonies that carry a punishment of five to 99 years or life imprisonment.

Police said the 32-year-old victim, whom police did not name, was drinking at Oilcan Harry's, a gay bar on Fourth Street in the Warehouse District. When the bar closed about 2 a.m., he invited a man to his apartment, police said, and the man asked whether his three friends could come along.

After they arrived, the four visitors beat, sexually assaulted and robbed the victim during a two-hour ordeal, police said. They directed obscenities at the victim about his sexual orientation during the assault, investigators said, leading them to believe the attackers were not homosexual.

The case remains under investigation. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the sex crimes tip line at 974-5095 or CrimeStoppers at 472-8477.