Posted on 01/09/2019 9:12:27 AM PST by rickmichaels
A man who allegedly attacked a lesbian couple at a NFL game has been charged under the state of Washington hate crime statute.
Prosecutors charged the 34-year-old with second-degree assault and malicious harassment after he allegedly groped one of the women and punched the other in the face.
The attack allegedly took place during a game between the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals on December 30.
The man, identified as Jay Dee Harp III in local media, was taken into custody with a $25,000 bail. He was bailed out the next day, but a judge then increase the bail to $100,000 after learning details of the alleged attack.
The couple had gone to see the NFL game at the CenturyLink Field stadium along with one of the womens mother.
The man, described as wearing Arizona Cardinals attire, was sitting in their row and allegedly began harassing them early in the game as he passed them to get various rounds of beer.
According to the couple, the man asked them, Do you need a man in your life? as well as using homophobic slurs and making references to his genitalia.
The sexual assault allegedly took place during the third quarter, when the man was passing them after returning from buying a drink.
As reported in court documents quoted in local media, the man grabbed one of the women by her jacket, unzipping it and grabbing her breast. As she tried to push him off, he allegedly threw his beer in her face.
The womans wife then reportedly told him not to put hands on my wife and other members of the audience joined in to contain the man to the ground.
Jay Dee Harp III, however, freed himself from one of the NFL fans grip, stood up and allegedly punched the womans wife in the face, causing her a nose bleed, cut and a chipped tooth.
Members of the audience then restrained the man again and called out to a state trooper, who was followed to the scene by another state trooper and a local police deputy.
As a state trooper was restraining him, the man once again opposed resistance and allegedly cursed at the official and punched him in the stomach. Officers then used a taser on the man, who was described as highly intoxicated, and proceeded to handcuff him.
Hate crimes in the US against LGBT+ people have been on the increase in the past few years, according to FBI data. Around 17 percent of the more than 7,100 instances of hate crime reported in the US in 2017 were due to anti-LGBT bias.
Hate crime is thought crime.
Who would want to grab a dyke’s tit?
Women do *not* have wives.
Maybe he self-identifies as a dyke.
A dude that thinks he’s a chick who likes chicks.
Women don't have wives. Quit lying to us!
It must be that awful “masculinity” thing that’s all the rage with the new psychology guide books.
It was stated pretty succinctly in the article that the guy was obviously ‘four sheets to the wind’. Alcohol will make you do strange things, sometimes.
Worse yet, he did it in Seattle, one of the most LGBT-friendly cities I the nation. He’ll be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, believe you me.
Seattle Seahawks, home of the 12th man, errr, tranny...or is it a lesbian?
Anyway get hammered and be loud.
The same sort of person who would do the same action toward other women, regardless of any other factors. Some men, especially when drunk, are particularly hostile to women who aren’t interested, for any reason.
Good thing he didnt kick that lesbian in the balls.
Assault was a crime centuries before “hate crimes” were invented. Regardless of his motivations, this incident is assault. The fact that one woman sustained a chipped tooth should be sufficient to prove bodily injury.
Many men claim they are actually a lesbian in a man’s body!!!
Good point. Some people are simply reprobates.
Was one of the Women wearing a MAGA Hat?
A drunken idiot says and does stupid things... but it makes headlines, because the word “lesbian” can be included... and furthers the cause of Thought Crimes. :(
+1
I can sit on my couch and say OUT LOUD that I hate the lousy slob who lets his dog crap all over my lawn. Should I go to jail for a hate crime?
What if I'm white and he's black.
The hate crime call is a divisive tool.
The dog?
Black labs matter!
And drunk.
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