Gay man beat "to the point of disfigurement" by three 19 year olds [View All]

No, we certainly don't need hate crime legislation, do we, Republicans and conservative Christians?


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LOWELL -- Three Lowell men are facing charges of mayhem and civil rights violation after police said jumped a Lowell man early Saturday morning and beat him to the point of disfigurement, police said.

Jonathan M. Artis, of 201 White St., Jeffrey J. Buchannan, of 378 Adams St., Apt. 152 and Jules V. Ruggs, of 32 W. 4th Street, 1st Floor, all 19, were arrested for mayhem, civil rights violation (assault and battery) and simple assault and battery, police said.

The 22-year-old victim of the attacks told police he was walking down the street when the three men began harassing him, hurling homophobic epithets at him before repeatedly punching him in the face shortly before 3 a.m.

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