CRIME
Suspect Hurls Anti-LGBTQ Slurs, Slashes Man in Queens
Man cut on his left cheek during overnight hours
BY TAT BELLAMY-WALKER
A suspect wielding an unknown
object slashed a
man in the face on July
6 while hurling antigay
statements, according to the
NYPD.
Police said a 34-year-old male
victim, who has not been named,
was cut on his left cheek following
an argument with the alleged perpetrator
around 3:10 a.m. outside
a building at 37-55 77th Street in
Jackson Heights, Queens. According
to the NYPD, the suspect allegedly
made anti-LGBTQ remarks to
the victim during the attack and
then fl ed the scene.
The victim was transported to
a nearby hospital and is in stable
condition. The investigation
is ongoing, and no arrests have
been made. According to surveillance
footage, the suspect has
An unknown suspect allegedly slashed and hurled anti-gay messages at a victim on July 6.
short black hair and donned a
long-sleeved white collar shirt,
black pants, and black shoes. He
NYPD
was also carrying a black Adidas
bag.
This incident is one of several
violent anti-LGBTQ attacks to occur
in recent weeks.
On July 1, a man was stabbed
and allegedly called a “f****t” by an
unidentifi ed suspect on the subway.
During Pride Month, a transgender
woman was stabbed by
a man wielding a screwdriver,
and a transgender man and his
wife were slashed on the subway
after a perpetrator allegedly hurled
anti-LGBTQ slurs toward the couple.
In May, a transgender woman
was brutally attacked by her Grindr
date in the Bronx, leaving her
with cuts and bruises on her
body.
As anti-LGBTQ attacks appear
to continue New York City, the
NYPD has announced plans to hire
additional LGBTQ police staff in
the Hate Crime Task Force and the
Community Affairs LGBTQIA Outreach
Unit.
Man Pummels Doctor in Anti-Gay Attack in the Village
Man sustains broken jaw in overnight incident
BY TAT BELLAMY-WALKER
An unknown suspect
hurled anti-LGBTQ
slurs and punched a
man in Greenwich Village
on July 3, the NYPD said.
Dr. Sina Rezaie, 29, a native of
Jacksonville, Florida, told NBC he
was walking home from the subway
in Manhattan at 3 a.m. when
a man shouted a homophobic slur
at him. Shortly after, the perpetrator
punched and kicked the victim
several times before fl eeing the
scene.
Rezaie left the attack with multiple
injuries, including a broken
jaw that doctors wired shut with
metal, according to NBC. He was
transported to a nearby hospital
and is in stable condition, police
said.
“He called me a ——-, and then
half a block later, he came from behind
Dr. Sina Rezaie was a victim of an anti-LGBTQ attack in Greenwich Village on July 3.
and kicked and punched me
multiple times,” Rezaie told NBC
hours after the attack from his
hospital bed.
GOFUNDME
Following the incident, Rezaie
sought assistance at an unnamed
bar. His friends, Laurie Beck and
Richard Delay, who are employees
at the bar, said they noticed
Rezaie was frantically wandering
the streets.
“Delay went outside to check it
out, then he starts waving to me,
so I grabbed a bottle of water and
some paper towels and ran outside,”
Beck told NBC.
Rezaie was holding his mouth
and had blood all over his face
when Delay saw him.
“He said that he had gotten attacked
by some guy who said
something to him as he came off
the train,” Delay told NBC. “Apparently,
the guy called him a slur and
then threw him to the ground and
started kicking him repeatedly.”
This incident comes amid a string
of anti-LGBTQ incidents in New York
City. On July 1, a man was stabbed
and allegedly called a “f****t” by an
unidentifi ed suspect on the subway.
“I don’t know why this happened
to me,” Rezaie told NBC.
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