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theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
Tue Oct 28, 2014, 09:45 PM Oct 2014

Drunken man who attacked bystander he believed to be gay at Dallas airport won't face jail time

I guess if you're drunk it's okay to attack random gay people. Who knew. And his middle name is Christmas.

http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/drunken-man-who-attacked-bystander-he-believed-be-gay-dallas-airport-wont-face-jail-time2910
Drunken man who attacked bystander he believed to be gay at Dallas airport won't face jail time
McCleish Christmas Benham told police he had 'about 100 drinks'
29 October 2014 | By Greg Hernandez

A man who physically attacked a male bystander at Dallas Fort-Worth Airport and hurled anti-gay slurs at him will not face jail time or hate crime charges.

McCleish Christmas Benham, 27, has been charged with public intoxication and simple assault. They are both misdemeanors [that are] each punishable by a maximum $500 fine.

Neither charge carries any jail time.

Benham has not been charged with a hate crime. If he were, he could be sentenced to up to 180 days in jail and fined $2,000 per offense, according to Lone Star Q....

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Drunken man who attacked bystander he believed to be gay at Dallas airport won't face jail time (Original Post) theHandpuppet Oct 2014 OP
I thought he kicked the guy in the balls. Simple assault?? BlueJazz Oct 2014 #1
Here's a link to the video theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #2
What we all saw on that film clip was assault and battery. okasha Nov 2014 #10
i wish i were there blueknight Oct 2014 #3
Here's a photo of this jerk theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #4
Please return to Shelbyville, Tennessee theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #5
That should have counted as a hate crime LostOne4Ever Oct 2014 #6
What a piece of shit shenmue Oct 2014 #7
What the fuck Marrah_G Nov 2014 #8
This article is a couple of years old but may explain it theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #9

okasha

(11,573 posts)
10. What we all saw on that film clip was assault and battery.
Sun Nov 2, 2014, 12:47 PM
Nov 2014

Drunk is. not a mitigating factor in law.

blueknight

(2,831 posts)
3. i wish i were there
Tue Oct 28, 2014, 10:21 PM
Oct 2014

i spent all my life taking up for the underdog. i would have kicked his fucking ass. i hate bullies

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
4. Here's a photo of this jerk
Tue Oct 28, 2014, 10:29 PM
Oct 2014


Courtesy of the airport police. Obviously he thinks beating up gay people is a real hoot.
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