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Vicious Beating of NY Gay Caught on Tape

Jack Price remains in coma

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 14, 2009 4:11 AM CDT
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(Newser) – The brutal hate-crime beating of a gay man on a deserted Queens street was captured on a neighborhood surveillance video. Jack Price, 49, tries repeatedly to escape his attackers who continue to punch and stomp him on the tape. "From beginning to end, it was absolutely horrible," Price's sister-in-law told the New York Daily News. Two men have been arrested in the attack. Price remains in critical condition in a coma.

His jaw and several ribs were broken in the attack and both lungs collapsed. "It's a despicable crime, said Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. "The individual was attacked simply for his orientation, and we're just not going to tolerate it in this city."

Daniel Rodriquez, 21, was the second man busted in the beating of Jack Price, 49.
Daniel Rodriquez, 21, was the second man busted in the beating of Jack Price, 49.   (NYPD)
This scene from a video surveillance tape shows two man beating Jack Price, 49, on a Queens street.
This scene from a video surveillance tape shows two man beating Jack Price, 49, on a Queens street.   (NYPD)
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kyleleitch
Oct 15, 2009 8:43 AM CDT
How does one prevent exposure though? Some people will always be sensitive to the topic of homosexuality, regardless of the gradual desensitization of society to it.
kyleleitch
Oct 15, 2009 8:41 AM CDT
He's also somewhat fascist and most likely super corrupt... This news isn't too surprising.
bewilderbeast
Oct 15, 2009 1:36 AM CDT
paul123. READ the bible. It's quite OK to beat up anyone who doesn't fall in exactly as the man says. Can beat your wife, too. Can even set fire to your eldest son.

 
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