Texas man admits abducting, brutally beating a gay man

A Texas man pleaded guilty to a kidnapping charge, admitting that he abducted and brutally beat a gay man he met through an online service. For some reason, prosecutors agreed to drop a hate crime count even though the victim was targeted for being homosexual.

According to WFAA, 19-year-old Brice Johnson could be sentenced to up to life in prison and fined up to $250,000 for the abduction of a man court documents identify only as “A.K.” The victim’s name is Arron Keahey and he met Johnson on a mobile app called MeetMe.

According to an affidavit, Armstrong used social media to invite the victim to his home on Sept. 2, 2013. Once there, Johnson beat him because of his sexual orientation then threw the victim is his own car trunk. Keahy was beaten so badly that he had to be hospitalized for 10 days after suffering multiple skull and facial fractures.

On Sept. 10th last year, Johnson was arrested. In a jailhouse phone call with a family member, Johnson allegedly said that the assault had been “a joke that went too far.” “I invited this guy over, right, at first it was basically like a joke that went too far and too wrong,” Johnson said, according to court documents. “I invited him over because he was a fag or whatever.”

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"Or whatever." goddamnit, Texas.