SLC police searching for man seen on video assaulting gay man

[Behind the Aegis]

A video circulating on Twitter shows a man hitting another man in Salt Lake City after asking if he was gay.

In the video, the man is seen asking the victim: "Are you gay though?"

The victim, Sal Trejo, replies, "Oh, I am."

The suspect repsonds"Oh then you're gay?"


As Trejo tries to answer, the suspect is seen hitting him.

Trejo told 2News the incident happened at 1:45 a.m. outside of Bodega Bar on Main Street.

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[cwydro]

1. Wtf?

What is wrong with people?

[Tipperary]

2. For some reason, this kind of thing does not bring much interest here.

Kind of strange. Kind of sad.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. Never really has garnered much concern.

[Codeine]

4. I think it may be the fact

that nobody really expects much different in a place like Salt Lake City. It’s an outrage, but it’s a sadly predictable outrage.

[chowder66]

5. Good: Cops have found the guy

Salt Lake City police have located the man captured on video hitting another man after asking if he was gay. The assault is captured in an eight-second video posted to Twitter on Sunday by Sal Trejo and quickly spread through social media.


https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/02/18/salt-lake-city-gay-man/

[MagickMuffin]

6. GOOD

After the assault, the man pulled a knife, yelled derogatory things and eventually ran to a car.

Whata chickenshit!

[Behind the Aegis]

7. Awesome!

Thanks for the info!

[cwydro]

8. Good to hear. Nt