Gay man stabbed with broken beer bottle, thrown onto fire in apparent hate crime in Reno, TX

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Links with pictures. Graphic.

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Burke Burnett says he was punched in the eye, stabbed with a broken beer bottle and thrown onto a lit burn barrel early Sunday at a party in Reno, Texas.

A 26-year-old gay man says he was the victim of a brutal hate crime early Sunday in Reno, Texas — a small town just east of Paris and about 100 miles northeast of Dallas.

Burke Burnett said he was at a private party at about 1 a.m. when four men suddenly attacked him, stabbing him at least twice with a broken beer bottle before throwing him onto a fire. His attackers yelled things like “pussy-ass faggot,” “gay bitch” and “cock-sucking punk,” Burnett said

http://m.dallasvoice.com/paris-attack-1093329.html?mobile-redirector-transfer=true
http://www.nowpublic.com/health/burke-burnette-photos-texas-man-stabbed-gay-bashing-attack-2854940.html

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1. Recommend

[tk2kewl]

2. fuckers

:mad:

[Horse with no Name]

3. Yeah. Even worse

the people at the party are ganging up and saying that HE is the one that started the fight.:(

[tk2kewl]

4. hopefully the detectives will do their jobs

[Horse with no Name]

5. The fact that it was labeled a hate crime off the bat

looks like they are.

The problem will come when this particularly racist/backward county has to seat a jury. :(

Lamar County has one of the worst records.

Chicago Tribune frequently follows the "Just Us" system in this county and it isn't pretty.:(

[Warren DeMontague]

6. "he knows at least one of the attackers personally" - yet it will take 2+ weeks to arrest them?

What the fuck?

Gee, whiz. Something tells me the Reno, TX police aren't falling all over themselves to respond to this. Maybe if one of those dudes had been seen smoking a joint, or something, they could be persuaded to treat this like an actual crime. :shrug:

[Horse with no Name]

7. Unfortunately in Lamar County

if you are the "right" color, you can get away with almost anything.:(

[Horse with no Name]

8. kick.n/t

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9. One more kick. n/t

[cyglet]

10. Can't really be gay

in the deep south, can you?