From what I've heard a mid 20s black male who happens to be gay was attacked by a few teenage thugs around 10 pm friday night near the union project. He was punched on the face, but injuries require hospitalization. Here is a message that I received yesterday. --------- A friend of mine was jumped in East Liberty last night. They didn't try to rob him. There were three kids, two of them crossed the street and then the third, from what I understand, came up behind Joe and pushed him then slugged him in the face. Joe ran into the street away from him and ran home. This happened Friday evening across from the Union Project. There was a small rally last night since the police took forever (I got the call at Gooski's...... and headed over there by bike, and the police didn't get there for a good 30-40 minutes or so after I reckon). But there's gonna be another gathering today at Negley & Stanton. As my friend happens to be queer, it's being taken as another gay bashing incident. It could just be shitty young kids f'ing with people who look hip and nonviolent though. -------- Justin Cummings - Realtor HOWARD HANNA SHADYSIDE 412-418-0596<tel:412-418-0596> (cell) http://www.howardhanna.com/justincummings Sent from my iPhone On Jul 18, 2010, at 4:23 PM, "Amy P. Kennedy" <<mailto:kennedyamyp@yahoo.com>kennedyamyp@yahoo.com<mailto:kennedyamyp@yahoo.com>> wrote: I was riding the bus past Stanton and Negley on Saturday around noon and there was quite a large demonstration on that corner. Per the signs I read, it was apparently in response to a gay bashing incident that occurred there on Friday night. I searched some websites this morning but see no mention of the incident or the demonstration. Does anyone know what happened there? <ATT00001..txt>