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Liberal_in_LA

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Wed Aug 5, 2015, 04:19 PM Aug 2015

man gay-bashes former west point cadets with boxing training. gets beaten in return

Daniel Lennox-Choate and Larry Lennox-Choate, both former West Point cadets, were shopping at a small grocery store in Manhattan's Soho neighborhood Sunday afternoon when they found themselves the target of anti-gay obscenities, police said.

A man, believed to be in his 40s, had entered the store to buy beer, but then began making homophobic statements at the couple, leading to a verbal dispute, police said.

The man then struck Daniel in the face, causing minor injuries to his mouth. But he didn't get away clean.

"Aside from one fat lip and a sore punching arm, we are fine," Larry wrote on Facebook. "The guy who screamed anti-gay obscenities at us in a bodega before sucker-punching Danny? He left covered in his own blood with his tail between his legs after I handled the situation and tossed him in the street like the coward loser he is."

"We refuse to be victims and are thankful we can defend ourselves," Larry added, "but are saddened by the fact that idiots like this guy might not pick two guys who went through Plebe Boxing next time."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/04/us/new-york-west-point-couple-attack/index.html

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man gay-bashes former west point cadets with boxing training. gets beaten in return (Original Post) Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 OP
Excellent. If every bigot and racist were treated this way, it would be a nicer world. AllFieldsRequired Aug 2015 #1
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