It happened outside a roller-skating rink in San Francisco on Sunday night, where the victim said he was approached by another man wearing a red MAGA cap who engaged him in a heated argument.
During the argument the victim reached for the hat, whereupon the MAGAttacker drew a sword and slashed at him before taking off running. The victim started giving chase but quickly stopped when he realized he was bleeding profusely. Bystanders called 911 and performed first aid until paramedics arrived.
According to police a witness at the scene but not of the attack itself reported having seen a man in the immediate area shortly before the incident, wearing a MAGA cap with a (what the witness presumed at the time was fake) sword tucked into the back of his jacket, who had been shouting homophobic slurs.
The incident is mildly reminiscent of the Jussie Smollett incident, in Chicago - but with some key differences. In this case the victim was found at the location of the incident immediately afterwards and received medical attention for what by all accounts were genuine injuries - photos of the bloody scene were later shared on social media. The MAGA hat, knocked off the attacker's head during the attack, was also photographed at the scene but otherwise left there untouched by bystanders until police arrived. And a secondary witness, not the victim, who saw the assailant shortly prior to the attack attributed homophobic remarks to him.
During the argument the victim reached for the hat, whereupon the MAGAttacker drew a sword and slashed at him before taking off running. The victim started giving chase but quickly stopped when he realized he was bleeding profusely. Bystanders called 911 and performed first aid until paramedics arrived.
According to police a witness at the scene but not of the attack itself reported having seen a man in the immediate area shortly before the incident, wearing a MAGA cap with a (what the witness presumed at the time was fake) sword tucked into the back of his jacket, who had been shouting homophobic slurs.
The incident is mildly reminiscent of the Jussie Smollett incident, in Chicago - but with some key differences. In this case the victim was found at the location of the incident immediately afterwards and received medical attention for what by all accounts were genuine injuries - photos of the bloody scene were later shared on social media. The MAGA hat, knocked off the attacker's head during the attack, was also photographed at the scene but otherwise left there untouched by bystanders until police arrived. And a secondary witness, not the victim, who saw the assailant shortly prior to the attack attributed homophobic remarks to him.
via International Skeptics Forum https://ift.tt/2uFTrIU
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire