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Brutal LA Attacks To Be
Featured On Crime Show
Sept.
28: The
brutal attacks on actor Trev Broudy and three other gay men in West Hollywood
Anti-Gay Violence
Mobilizes West Hollywood
Sept
26: After four attacks on
gay men that began Labor Day weekend, West Hollywood, police
increased patrols and
residents have a new sense of danger in the
once placid
area.
Attacks on Gays Upset Los
Angeles Suburb
Sept
25: A heavy worry has
settled over the normally carefree streets here after a gay man was
attacked earlier this
week by two men swinging a baseball bat and a metal pipe. The police say
they believe the
motivation for the beating was homophobia.
Gay Actor Out Of
Coma
Sept
18: Actor Trev Broudy has
regained consciousness, but doctors say it is too early to tell if
he suffered permanent
brain damage. The 33 year old gay performer was beaten by two men
wielding a baseball bat
and a metal pipe in West Hollywood on September 1 in what police have
Brutal Beating of Gay
Actor Is Being Investigated as a Hate Crime
Sept
5: More than a 100 people
attended candlelight vigil held on behalf of a 33-year-old man
who was struck in the
head and critically wounded in an attack being investigated as hate crime.
Treve Broudy was taken to
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where he was listed Thursday morning
in critical condition
after undergoing two brain surgeries, said Deputy Donald Mueller. He has
The Face Of Hate, Police
Release Sketch of Sucpect in Brutal Hate Crime
Sept.
6: Police have released a
sketch of the man suspected of beating "Fluffer" actor Trev Broudy
with a baseball bat. The
suspect is described as an African-American male, standing anywhere from
5 feet 5 inches tall to 6
feet 2 inches tall, in his 20s with a slim to average build,
said West Hollywood Detective John Kniest. At the time of the attack, the
suspect was wearing
a dark baggy T-shirt, baggy
pants and a beanie cap.
West Hollywood police are seeking help in locating
suspects involved in two
Another Hate Beating
Reported
Sept
6: A third man was
attacked early Monday morning near the spot where a 33-year-old actor and
a friend were beaten with
a baseball bat and a metal pipe, Los Angeles County Sheriff's said Thursday.
"It was the same night.
The same street. The same exact MO," said Deputy Donald M. Mueller of the
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