“There is a statement in the police report from one of the perps that this was what happened, so it isn’t speculation and has been post on several of the many other threads about this incident.”
I went back and read the police report (link above) and did not see where the suspects beat the victim up because “he” was using the ladies’ room.
In fact, during the police interview the police record has the suspects calling the victim “she” and “the woman”.
IMHO after reviewing again the police report and watching the victim’s interview, I believe the victim was assaulted for dissing the suspects.
“I went back and read the police report (link above) and did not see where the suspects beat the victim up because “he” was using the ladies’ room.”
I read a quote the 14 year old made to the police that he/she was trying to use the restroom, so it may have been from a police interview. I can’t currently find the article source, but it has been mentioned in other threads, too. After reading so many of these threads, the bad information starts getting old. It took almost 2 days to finally clear up that, yes, the person was transgender. Take it or leave it, I’m just trying to share from my hours of reading these threads.
I finally found it:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-mcdonalds-video-20110423,0,1302714.story
“The police report does not provide a motive, but quotes one of the suspects saying that the fight was “over using a bathroom.””
Looking at the police report, I don’t believe I’m seeing the whole thing. I only see 2 pages. It was released earlier and not from a link from the Baltimore Sun. I didn’t look at it, but there was discussion on another thread that on page 3 the victim’s name wasn’t redacted and people felt it was inappropriate. I’m not finding the victims name, which turned out to be correct, so I don’t think we have all the information.