Posted on 08/19/2006 8:35:31 AM PDT by Graybeard58
NEW YORK -- A group of lesbians pummeled and stabbed a DVD bootlegger in the West Village early Friday after he tried to pick up one of the women -- and then spat on her when she rebuffed his advances, police and witnesses said.
Wayne Buckle, 28, was jumped by the women at 2 a.m. in front of an IFC movie theater after allegedly cursing a 19-year-old gay woman because she rejected him.
"She's my girl, and no one hits on my girl!" one of the women yelled during the altercation, a police source said.
The women -- all from Newark, N.J. -- whipped Buckle with belts before 4-foot-11 Patreese Johnson allegedly stabbed him in the belly with a steak knife, police said.
"He called us (homophobic slur) and he said he was going to f -- - us all," one of the women said hours later as cops led the seven suspects out of the 6th Precinct stationhouse.
"He spit on us and threw a cigarette," another woman said. "This is a hate crime."
Buckle was in critical but stable condition at St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan's ICunit.
Witnesses said Buckle had approached Johnson as the women walked by the theater. When Buckle hit on Johnson, she explained that she wasn't interested in men. Apparently offended, he spat on her.
Moments later, Johnson's six friends pounced, police said.
Johnson allegedly pulled a knife and stabbed Buckle.
"He was in agony. He was bleeding a lot," said Diego Rodriguez, 60, who works at a nearby newsstand and called 911. "He made the mistake of spitting at one of them. They beat him up bad with belts, kicked and punched him."
Johnson allegedly tossed the knife under a nearby car as the group fled before being apprehended, police said.
All the women were charged with gang assault and criminal possession of a weapon. They were awaiting arraignment Friday night.
Here's another thread on the story. Man claims the woman spat on him first.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1686831/posts?page=1
Actually - was it the "victim" of the stabbing that was the bootlegger? The text sounds like it was the stabber...
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