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content warning for homophobic language and police brutality.
- On July 11th I was in Brooklyn, where I live and work, heading from a concert with my girlfriend when, out of nowhere a large man bumped me from behind. I asked him if he was ok. He then barked at me, and I will quote: "mind your own business you fucking dyke.”
Hen then attacked me, punched me in the face a number of times, choked me and called me several more anti-gay slurs. When he had his hands around my neck I truly thought I was going to die. I could not breathe. The only way I could get him to stop attacking me and my girlfriend was to bite him.
More on this story (including a retelling of the event in the victim's own words) here.
Crowdrise link to help pay for victims' legal fees.
Also from The Gothamist
Aquino and a partner, Mohammed Raza, were sued for alleged unreasonable force and false arrest in Brooklyn federal court in 2011. That lawsuit, in which the plaintiff said the pair slammed him to the ground, cuffed him too tightly, and had him jailed for 12 hours on a baseless charge that Aquino swore to, settled out of court for $5,000.