CRIME
Three Men Suffer Anti-LGBTQ Attack in Brooklyn
The men allegedly bashed a 51-year-old suspect in the head, and he lost consciousness
BY TAT BELLAMY-WALKER
The NYPD is searching
for two unknown suspects
who assaulted
and hurled anti-LGBTQ
slurs at three men in Brooklyn.
On May 2, the police received
reports around 9 p.m. about an alleged
attack in front of a laundromat
at 1080 Myrtle Avenue in Bedford
Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The
two people who allegedly voiced
anti-LGBTQ slurs at three individuals
went on to assault those
three individuals. A 51-year-old
man was allegedly hit with a blunt
object during the violent encounter
until he lost consciousness. The
remaining victims — a 49-year-old
male and a 52-year-old male — experienced
minor injuries resulting
from the incident.
The 51-year-old victim was transported
to Wyckoff Heights Medical
Two unknown suspects hurled anti-LGBTQ slurs and assaulted three men in Brooklyn.
Center in serious condition, police
said. Shortly after the incident, the
suspects fl ed the scene.
In a statement, police described
the assault as “unprovoked” and
NYPD
have not released further details
about the incident.
The NYPD is investigating the attack,
though no arrests have been
made. According to surveillance
footage, the fi rst suspect donned
a beige cap, a green T-shirt, gray
pants, and gray sneakers. Footage
shows that the second perpetrator
wore a red hat, a multi-colored
jacket, black pants, and black and
white sneakers.
This is not the only anti-LGBTQ
incident as of late. Last month, a
suspect was arrested after wielding
an unknown object and slashing
a man in the face while hurling
anti-gay statements, according
to the NYPD. Similarly, a suspect
attacked and assaulted multiple
queer individuals in a rampage
outside a string of Brooklyn bars
on July 4. On June 23, a transgender
woman was stabbed by a man
wielding a screwdriver at a Manhattan
subway station. On June
4, a transgender man and his wife
were slashed on the subway after
a perpetrator allegedly hurled anti-
LGBTQ slurs at the couple.
NYC Butcher Closes After CEO Pulls Pride, BLM Banner
Complaint from investor sparks outrage among dozens of staffers
BY TAT BELLAMY-WALKER
A butcher shop with multiple
New York City locations
has temporarily
closed after three dozen
staffers walked out following the
CEO’s removal of a Pride Flag and
Black Lives Matter banner from
several of the company’s stores,
Forbes reported.
John Adams, the CEO of Fleisher’s,
a restaurant specializing in
top quality meats, took down the
LGBTQ Flag and Black Lives Matter
sign in response to a complaint
from Rob Rosania, one of the company’s
leading investors, Forbes
reported. Last month, Rosania told
Adams he received a message from
a friend in Westport, Connecticut,
who was “offended” by the Black
Lives Matter signs. Rosania then
demanded that the sign be removed,
according to Forbes.
Fleisher’s location at 1325 Third Avenue at East 76th Street in Manhattan.
Shortly after, Adams traveled to
the shop’s restaurants in Connecticut
and New York to take down
the Black Lives Matter banner and
the LGBTQ Pride Flag. Within moments
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of the removal, employees
blasted the CEO’s actions as insincere,
noting that it undermined his
efforts to bring “accountability to
the company.” According to Forbes,
out of about 40 workers at Fleisher’s,
approximately half are people
of color or identify as non-binary
and queer.
The only Black employee at the
butcher’s store in Brooklyn’s Park
Slope neighborhood, Ajani Thompson,
ripped the CEO for not fulfi lling
his promise to employees.
“I told him he failed at that,”
Thompson, 32, told Forbes. “You
were trying to get our trust, and I
don’t feel comfortable here. I don’t
feel safe coming into work because
you didn’t do that.”
Following the controversy, staffers
left the company in waves.
Within hours of the walkout, Adams
put the signs back up at the
storefronts, apologized, and sent a
picture attesting to this change.
Fleisher’s NYC locations are at
1325 Third Avenue at East 76th
Street in the Upper East Side and
192 Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn.
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