I wonder how the media will cover such stories, if they cover them at all.
Here we see two officially recognized grievance groups, blacks and gays.
It’s not newsworthy if blacks attack whites. The media tend to ignore such stories, because whites are not an official grievance group.
But, if gays are attacked for hatred of gays, but are attacked by blacks, doesn’t that make a problem for the media template of hate crime stories????
Of course. Hence the near media blackout on these incidents. Poor Democrat pols can't be put into a spot where they favor one pet voting bloc over another, now, can they?
The media either suppresses the details or works with politicans to quickly change the subject.
And sometimes they do both. There have been a spate of black on gay attacks in DC. One really bad one in particular a few months back on a gay couple walking home to Dupont Circle from Adams Morgan.
The press neglected to report on either the couple being gay or the attackers black. When the gay community in DC, which is very powerful politically, perked up on the matter Mayor Gray quickly held a news conference proclaiming his support for gay marriage. The attack quickly faded into obscurity ...
FWIW, Cleveland media is giving it A LOT of coverage. The bar is on Cleveland's west side, in an area near a "cut out" town that's always had some gay culture and been considered more trendy than Cleveland. That slice of Cleveland nearby has been diverse. The beat-down according to the news was by a gang of about twelve black teenagers. One was caught. The media are wondering why he wasn't jailed before this with all the crimes the kid has been involved in. It seems everyone was hoping the black gang problem would just go away on its own in that area.
Cleveland's trying to grow. Next year, the Gay Olympics are being hosted in Cleveland. The city is paranoid about anything that makes tourists uncomfortable in tourist-friendly sections of the city. A lot of the media exhibits the suburban attitude toward Cleveland. They publicize most of the stuff that affects people from outside the city.