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Police uncover hate hoax in San Diego (Update to thread I posted last night)
Hot Air ^ | June 22, 2023 | John Sexton

Posted on 06/22/2023 1:15:39 PM PDT by Morgana

Credit to Andy Ngo who posted the details of this story on Twitter today. It started earlier this week with what appeared to be a serious crime. A 39-year-old man in San Diego named Scott Rowin said he was harassed and then set on fire by a couple of men who targeted him because he is gay.

Last Monday night, Rowin says stopped by The Loft on Fifth Avenue and inquired about a job. He left past 8 p.m. and headed south, towards his downtown apartment, intending to call an Uber.

His memory is hazy, but somewhere within a few blocks, he heard what sounded like two people yelling gay slurs.

Rowin says he yelled back and then heard footsteps coming up behind him.

As he turned around, he says he caught a quick glimpse of one of the people, a man in his 20s or 30s. At the same time, he says a liquid was thrown at him, with the consistency of water.

“Immediately after that, I went up like coals on a barbecue. It started off really big,” said Rowin.

Rowin suffered second-degree burns on his side and back, photos of which he shared with news outlets. He said he was absolutely convinced the attack was a hate crime and added that the only people who would be walking around with “flammable liquid” would be someone out to target “the LGBT community.” He filed a police report and said he wanted to raise awareness that “There are still a lot of haters out there.”

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: aintyouspecil; california; crime; fdrq; flamingfaggot; hatecrimehoax; hoax; hoaxcrime; jussiesmollett; pregnant; sandiego; scottrowin; selfdefense
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To: Morgana

21 posted on 06/22/2023 1:34:08 PM PDT by AAABEST ( NY/DC/CA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: dragnet2; All

There is one and it shows him attacking a pregnant woman!!

I read about it here on Andy Ngo’s site but don’t know how to bring it up

https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1671908962864603140


22 posted on 06/22/2023 1:34:27 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Boogieman

I thought that was extreme for a hoax, but it was the woman who threw something flammable on him and lit him up in self-defense. He manufactured the hoax from there, thinking no one would suspect he was the guy who assaulted a pregnant woman. What an idiot. The police weren’t imbeciles and connected the dots as to time, location and the rather odd fire element.


23 posted on 06/22/2023 1:34:40 PM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: All

EVERYONE. This is really what happened to the “flaming faggot”

Man allegedly assaults pregnant woman; woman sets man on fire

SAN DIEGO —

San Diego police are investigating what they described as a “complex case” after receiving reports that during an alleged assault by a man on a pregnant woman in the Gaslamp Quarter last week, the woman set the man on fire.

Investigators also said they were looking into whether the incident was a hate crime, and what, if any, other crimes were committed, police Lt. Adam Sharki said in a news release Wednesday.

The incident was reported around 10:40 p.m. June 12 on Sixth Avenue near Broadway. According to police, they received multiple 911 calls that a man had attacked a pregnant woman before he fled.

Officers spoke with the woman and with witnesses, Sharki said. The woman was taken to a hospital with multiple injuries.

Investigators began searching for the man.

Police received a report around 11:55 p.m. that an injured man on Market Street had been set on fire by another person about an hour earlier, the lieutenant said.

Paramedics took the man to a hospital.

Investigators said the man was the suspect in the attack on the pregnant woman, Sharki said. At the same time, officers started investigating the woman for causing the man’s burn injuries.

In an interview with 10News earlier this week, the man, who is gay, said he was walking home when he heard two people yelling gay slurs at him. He yelled back at them, the man said in the interview.

The two charged up behind him and threw a liquid on him that had “the consistency of water,” 10News reported. The man was set ablaze. He stopped, dropped and rolled to extinguish the flames.

The man suffered second-degree burns, he told 10News. He claimed the attack was a hate crime.

Investigators found security footage that showed the attack on Sixth Avenue, Sharki said in the news release.

The video shows the initial physical assault by the man on the pregnant woman and the subsequent “use of fire as a weapon” by the pregnant woman on the man, the lieutenant said.

The video has not been released publicly.

Police did not say what the substance was that fueled the fire, or how the man was set on fire. They did not clarify if there was evidence of a hate crime.

“This is a complex investigation and detectives are examining all aspects and allegations,” Sharki said. He later added: “We recognize the community’s interest in this case and are working to balance transparency with protecting the active criminal investigations.

“The San Diego Police Department is dedicated to conducting thorough investigations whenever allegations of a hate crime are brought to our attention,” Sharki said.

Investigators asked anyone with information to call the department at (619) 531-2000. Anonymous tips can be left by calling Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2023-06-21/possible-hate-crime-occurs-after-man-allegedly-assaults-pregnant-woman-woman-sets-man-on-fire-in-hillcrest


24 posted on 06/22/2023 1:39:11 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana

He should count himself fortunate that they didn’t pour bleach on him to put out the flames.


25 posted on 06/22/2023 1:39:39 PM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: NorthMountain
Yesterday, I said it was a hoax until proven otherwise

We all knew it.

Predictable as the sunrise.

Liars with an agenda as usual.

26 posted on 06/22/2023 1:39:49 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!)
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To: Boogieman

👍👍


27 posted on 06/22/2023 1:39:49 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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Unbelievable. Not! I hope she was the one that set his fancy pants on fire. :D

You all know very well how this plays out. It'd be a hate crime bonanza on every channel calling for all white and Christian's to be rounded up.
28 posted on 06/22/2023 1:40:07 PM PDT by ssfromla (All of this is to see how far they can push us and I have to tell)
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To: metmom

Yep

I was more than 98% certain

And here it is


29 posted on 06/22/2023 1:41:24 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Steve Van Doorn

That’s right.

Heterophobes are among the worst haters, too.

They’ll make up hate crime hoaxes and blame normal people just to smear them. So much for tolerance and *Love is Love.*


30 posted on 06/22/2023 1:41:52 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!)
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To: Morgana

“According to San Diego Police, officers received calls about a man attacking a pregnant woman on the 900 block of 6th Avenue just after 10:40 p.m. on June 12.”

Are they sure it wasn’t a pregnant man?


31 posted on 06/22/2023 1:42:58 PM PDT by euram (allALL)
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To: Morgana
I read about it here on Andy Ngo’s site but don’t know how to bring it up\

Same details in the article you posted...

32 posted on 06/22/2023 1:43:53 PM PDT by viewfromthefrontier
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To: Morgana

So will the news-sites that published the original story on the front page, publish the true story just as prominently (if even at all)?

I suspect this incident will be added to the “homophobic hate crimes list” and never be retracted.


33 posted on 06/22/2023 1:43:55 PM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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To: euram

Oh it was a real female because only a faggot would attack a pregnant woman. Think about it.


34 posted on 06/22/2023 1:44:43 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: NorthMountain

Another “toldja so!”


35 posted on 06/22/2023 1:44:47 PM PDT by arthurus ( Covefe !*,)
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To: CFW

Tip off Breitbart et al on this and they will carry it.


36 posted on 06/22/2023 1:45:38 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana
the subsequent “use of fire as a weapon” by the pregnant woman on the man

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for an evening....

37 posted on 06/22/2023 1:46:03 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: arthurus; metmom

Yep!


38 posted on 06/22/2023 1:46:58 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

“Build a man a fire and he’ll be warm for an evening.... “

Well I’m thinking he’s gay, he’s attacked a pregnant woman, he’s set on fire. Maybe he’s being warned of what is coming in the after life?

He did not get the message because he cried ‘wolf’.


39 posted on 06/22/2023 1:48:11 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: MtnClimber

Yes I remember that garage door incident. The anti-gay slurs were painted on the garage door of a house where two lesbians lived.

And the news media gave them great coverage of how awful the community was, and that there’s anti-gay hatred and all of that.

And it turned out that those idiots painted those slurs on their own garage door.


40 posted on 06/22/2023 1:48:40 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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