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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283721/posts
Man Hit with Rocks After Twin Cities Gay Pride Parade (attacked by Somali youths)
KSTP News ^ | 01 July 09 | Nicole Muehlhausen
Posted on July 1, 2009 5:34:12 PM PDT by Drew68
A St. Louis Park man says he was taunted and pelted with rocks after he left the Twin Cities Gay Pride Parade, and the attack was caught on camera.
The video has already received 1,800 views after it was posted Monday on YouTube. The clip shows boys and teenagers trailing 37-year-old Adam Schreifels and taunting him after learning he’s gay.
“We hate fags, disgusting. Just very inappropriate things to be saying,” Schreifels said.
He says while he was shocked by the comments, he wasn’t scared.
“Some of them threw rocks. At first, I got defensive. Then I thought okay, they are teenagers. I can take them,” Schreifels explained.
But Gay Pride organizers say he shouldn’t have to.
“I was upset. I was very disturbed why what I was seeing,” said Chair of Twin Cities Pride David Hill.
The video also shows security officers not reacting to the harassment. Organizers say the men worked security at a nearby building, but weren’t providing security for the parade—which was controlled by 30 off-duty Minneapolis Police officers.
“They would have stopped it immediately. It would not be tolerated by Minneapolis Police officers,” said Sgt. Jesse Garcia.
But Schreifels says a Minneapolis officer directing traffic failed to step in.
“There has been some speculation that Minneapolis Police officers were in that video. The Minneapolis Police Department wants to assure the public that those security officers who casually walk by during this incident were not from our department. We have a strict uniform policy and those were not our uniforms or our police officers. This is unacceptable behavior that would not be tolerated by the Minneapolis Police. Action would have been taken immediately to stop the harassment that is depicted in the video. We want all people, no matter of color, race, creed or sexual orientation to feel safe and welcome while they are in the city of Minneapolis,” the department said in a released statement.
While event organizers say this was an isolated incident, it’s a very upsetting one.
“It brings to the forefront why we hold the event every year, equality is still not there,” Hill explained.
The teens who harassed Schreifels were Somali, according the Somali Justice Advocacy Center. Leaders say it’s unacceptable to harass someone because of their sexual orientation.
Buried by the media since they were moslems.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfW9inRkTpU
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July 3, 2009
Muslim youths shout abuse, throw rocks at gay man in...Minneapolis
“If they want sharia, let them have it.” — Dinesh D’Souza, The Enemy At Home, p. 280
“America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles – principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.” — Barack Obama, Cairo, June 4, 2009
Rock throwing. So very Sharia-oriented. In Minneapolis. “Harassment Caught on Tape,” by Amita Parashar in The Advocate, June 30 (thanks to Womanist Musings):
Approximately 15 youths physically and verbally taunted a gay man as he was leaving Twin Cities Pride in Minneapolis on Saturday, in an incident captured on video.
The Somali youths asked the man if he was gay, and when he responded yes, the young people yelled “I hate gay people” and reportedly threw rocks at the man, whose name is not known.
On the video various youths can be heard saying “I hate gay people” repeatedly, along with “Gay is not the way” and “F*** gay people. They can go f*** each other.”...
Posted by Robert at July 3, 2009 2:49 PM