Posted on 12/26/2024 4:51:40 PM PST by TigerClaws
WESTWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Police are searching for the suspects who allegedly yelled a homophobic slur at a UCLA student near campus and threw wads of paper at the victim.
According to the UCLA Police Department, the incident happened on Christmas Eve around 6 p.m.
The video featured in the media player above is the ABC7 Los Angeles 24/7 streaming channel
The student was walking westbound on the north sidewalk of Weyburn Avenue when a black Mercedes-Benz convertible with four occupants drove up next to the victim, police said.
That's when police said one of the occupants yelled a homophobic slur at the student and another occupant threw wads of paper.
The victim was not hit by anything during the incident.
Police did not release a detailed description of the suspects, but said they're four men in their early 20s.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the UCLA Police Department.
Police have time for that???
Except it’s not “phobic”, guaranteed. Intentional misuse of the word, meant to frame, or intimidate. F ‘em.
Well, I hope the perps are mowed down in the streets. How dare they taunt someone AND throw a spitwad!!
Crime of the century. Grow a pair.
How about a pool on what that slur was?
Probably called off duty ones in from family dinners and got four area forces and state police to set up a dragnet.
Like the bored couple of cops in Death Wish when Paul Kersey asked for updates on the murder of his wife and rape and beating of his comatose daughter.
Then the packed full room later with 70 cops hearing a description of the vigilante who has been solving the mugger crime wave and making the cops look bad.
Video or it didn’t happen.
Yelling a homophobic slur at someone in Westwood, Los Angeles, or anywhere else in the U.S., could fall under the category of protected free speech under the First Amendment, depending on the context. However, there are situations where such speech may not be protected:
When It Could Be Against the Law
If It Constitutes a Hate Crime:
If the slur is accompanied by a physical attack or threat of violence motivated by the victim’s sexual orientation, it could qualify as a hate crime under California law.
If It Is Considered Harassment or Stalking:
Repeatedly targeting someone with slurs could qualify as harassment or stalking, particularly if it causes them emotional distress.
If It Causes a Public Disturbance:
If yelling a slur leads to a physical altercation or disrupts public peace, it could result in charges such as disturbing the peace.
If It Is a True Threat:
Speech that includes threats of violence that are intended to be taken seriously is not protected under the First Amendment.
RE: How about a pool on what that slur was?
Called him “you silly goose.”
Do I win?
Real Arch criminals here.
“I’m British, and I simply mistook the chap for a piece of firewood”.
Sticks and stones...
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Was the victim’s name Smolett?
Car slowed down, hurled insults and paper, then drove away? Brutal. 🙄
That’s it?
Oh my! “Clutching pearls”
What are the odds a clown was jay-walking (and taking their time doing it) until the “offenders” in the car, shouting insults, could pass?
We called them fruits back in the day.
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