By Project Q Atlanta | Apr 18, 2013 | 5:33 PM
Two men who attacked a gay Atlanta man while yelling gay slurs pleaded guilty on Thursday to a federal hate crime charge, becoming the first convictions in Georgia under the federal law.
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By Matt Hennie | Jul 13, 2012 | 7:40 PM
Men who attacked a gay Atlanta man while yelling gay slurs received a stiff prison sentence on Friday, despite efforts by attorneys to invoke a gay panic defense and dismiss the attack as a fight.
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By Matt Hennie | Jul 13, 2012 | 10:17 AM
The race of two Georgia lawmakers fighting for re-election turned into a distracting sideshow on Thursday during the sentencing hearing of three men who beat a gay Atlanta man.
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By Matt Hennie | Jul 12, 2012 | 8:30 PM
One of three men facing up to 75 years in prison for beating an Atlanta gay man apologized during a sometimes-contentious court hearing Thursday that included gay activists asking for leniency.
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By Matt Hennie | Jul 12, 2012 | 11:50 AM
The man who threw the first punch in the anti-gay gang beating of a man in southwest Atlanta pleaded guilty in the case during a hearing in a Fulton County courtroom on Thursday.
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By Matt Hennie | May 31, 2012 | 4:50 PM
As his client stumbled through pleading guilty to beating a gay man, attorney Jay Abt was talking to say that the U.S. Attorney is about to bitch slap his client with a federal hate crime charge.
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By Matt Hennie | May 29, 2012 | 2:10 PM
Two men pleaded guilty on Tuesday to attacking a gay man in southwest Atlanta, yelling anti-gay slurs at him and recording the attack that prosecutors called a hate crime.
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By Project Q Atlanta | May 25, 2012 | 11:11 AM
So much for the wheels of justice grinding slowly: The men accused of beating a gay Atlanta man and posting video of the attack online will face trial on Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court.
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By Project Q Atlanta | Apr 10, 2012 | 12:50 PM
Brandon White on Monday fired back at critics who continue to question his “character and judgment” since the gay man was attacked and beaten outside a southwest Atlanta grocery store.
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By Project Q Atlanta | Apr 9, 2012 | 3:45 PM
A Fulton judge refused to set bond on Monday for Christopher Cain, one of four men accused of beating a gay Atlanta man in an attack that gained national attention thanks to a video the accused made of it.
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By Project Q Atlanta | Mar 5, 2012 | 2:04 PM
Two of the men who called an Atlanta gay beating victim a liar and cozied up with an attorney for one of the suspects are now scampering away from their accusations.
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By Project Q Atlanta | Mar 2, 2012 | 2:12 PM
The arrests of three men in the Feb. 4 beating of a gay Atlanta man wasn’t the end: A Fulton County grand injury indicted a fourth man for his alleged role in the attack.
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By Project Q Atlanta | Mar 2, 2012 | 1:05 PM
From an unknown 20-year-old to a national face of anti-gay violence to spokesperson for an anti-violence campaign with tote bags, caps and t-shirts for sale, it’s been a crazy ride for Brandon White.
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By Project Q Atlanta | Feb 29, 2012 | 6:44 PM
Douchebag attorney Jay Abt must be pretty proud of himself. He suckered LGBT activists into buying his pitch that a gay man provoked his own beating. Now, he’s got a CBS affiliate drinking his Kool-Aid.
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By Matt Hennie | Feb 29, 2012 | 2:55 PM
Activist whiplash sufferer Devin Barrington-Ward, sensing that his Change Atlanta jumped the shark in attacking a gay man who was beaten days after they supported him, is now eating crow.
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By Matt Hennie | Feb 24, 2012 | 2:05 PM
A gay group that initially supported a gay Atlanta man who was beaten is now cozying up to the attorney of a suspect and alleging that the victim taunted his attackers before the incident.
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By Project Q Atlanta | Feb 23, 2012 | 1:11 PM
The third suspect in the beating of an Atlanta gay man surrendered to police late Wednesday, just hours after the FBI publicly identified him and said he was on the run in Pennsylvania.
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