Four young black men accused of beating a gay recording artist, while yelling anti-gay slurs pleaded guilty Wednesday to hate crime charges.
According to 'The Associated Press,' the defendants faced up to 25 years in prison if they had been convicted of the top count, first-degree assault as a hate crime.
The assault took place around 1:30 a.m. on June 10, 2006 after Aviance left a gay bar in the city's East Village neighborhood. They threw two garbage bags and a paint can at the singer before attacking him and yelling anti-gay slurs, police said.
They punched and kicked the 39-year-old Richmond, Virginia native. Passers-by yelled for the attack to stop, and when it was over a man walked Aviance to a hospital.
In exchange for their guilty pleas Gerard Johnson, 17, will be sentenced to 15 years in prison; Akino George and Jarell Sears, both 21, will get eight-year prison terms; and Gregory Archie, 19, receive a six-year sentence.
Now these boys were WRONG. You attack a person, you should be punished. However, had Aviance not been a black homosexual but had he been a black heterosexual, had he been Big J - they would have been charged with assault and probably given probation and community service. 15 years in New York State Prison for a 17 year old had might as well be life in prison.
Yet in this era of out of control gay propaganda and identity politics homosexuals have been elevated to a status of legal protection higher than heterosexuals.
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