North Carolina Man Who Was Beaten, Robbed, Set on Fire By Man He Met At Bar Dies

Stephen Patrick White, the Army veteran who was savagely attacked and burned by a man he met at a gay bar last weekend, has died in the hospital as a result of his injuries, The Jamestown Sun reports.


White had met Garry Joseph Gupton at Chemistry Nightclub, a gay bar
in Greensboro, and the two proceeded to leave the bar and travel to a
hotel early Sunday morning. At around 4:30 am, an employee at the hotel
called 911 after he heard screaming and a fire alarm go off. Qnotes reports White
was found naked, robbed and beaten - with burn injuries on over 52
percent of his body. White remained in critical condition until he died
of the injuries yesterday.


Gupton,
a crew member in the city of Greensboro's Water Resources Department,
is being held on a $250,000 bond and charged with assault with a deadly
weapon inflicting serious injury with intent to kill. Authorities say he
will now be charged with first-degree murder but not a hate crime, according to Qnotes:


“He (Gupton) never verbalized to us that he intended to kill
somebody,” said Susan Danielsen, a Greensboro police spokeswoman,
according to N.C. Policy Watch. “There’s absolutely no evidence to
indicate that this is a hate crime.”


She added: “We’re not sure what caused Mr. Gupton to act so violently. This is not a crime motivated by hate.”

Atlanta The Worst Place To Live In? Street Gang Members Brutally Assaults Anyone They Think Is A faggot?

via thesmokinggun.com

Members of an Atlanta street gang were filmed beating a man who was brutally assaulted because “faggots” were not allowed in their neighborhood, according to a videotape of the apparent hate crime.

The 30-second clip, posted today to the Worldstar Hip Hop web site, was shot outside a grocery store in Atlanta’s Pittsburgh neighborhood. The business, located at 1029 McDaniel Street SW, is a popular congregating spot for members of the Pittsburgh Jack City Gang (or “PBJC”). The group has also used the name “Jack City 1029.”

After being provided a link to the video, an Atlanta police spokesperson told TSG that the clip had been forwarded to the department’s gang division as well as the unit that investigates bias crimes against the LGBT community. Officer Kim Jones added that she was researching whether a police report was generated at the time of the attack (which investigators believe took place over the weekend).

As seen above, the video opens with an unseen cameraman and a second man outside the grocery store. The second man announces, “Round one. Jack City. No faggots.” Then, after a diminutive man exits the grocery, an assailant approaches him from behind and delivers a brutal punch to the side of the victim’s head. The man’s cell phone flies from his hand and he crumples to the ground.

The victim is then set upon by three men who punch and stomp him while he tries to cover his head. One of the attackers--who is wearing a shirt with “Jack Gang” imprinted on the back--even strikes the victim in the head with a tire.

As the man is beaten, the giggling cameraman announces, four times, “No faggots in Jack City.” An onlooker can be heard saying, “No faggot, man.” The video ends after one assailant picks up the victim’s cell phone and then punches the man in the head while holding the device.

A YouTube video of the PBJC gang (posted in mid-2010) shows young men outside the McDaniel Street grocery store (which can be seen here in a Google Street View photo). They brag about stealing necklaces, display gang signs, and refer to themselves as “goons.” One man describes himself as a “wild dog,” while another says, “I’m the Tasmanian Devil.”

The MySpace pages of "PBJC" affiliates include photos of a young man posing with cash and a rifle, a shot of the group's hangout spot, and images of gang members and mottos.

While the beating video does not indicate when it was shot, a police source told TSG that the attack occurred Saturday. Worldstar’s trademark clips of street mayhem (like this) are usually uploaded shortly after they were recorded.
I think these guys like to the attention and wants to be arrested to have street creds.