Prosecutor: Seattle man’s attack on boy an anti-gay hate crime

[William769]

A Seattle man accused of berating a child he believed to be gay is facing a hate crime charge.

King County prosecutors contend Steven W. Ramirez shoved and threatened a 13-year-old boy during a 30-minute-long argument at a North Beacon Hill home.

Ramirez, 44, is alleged to have approached the boy inside the shared building and tried to strike up a conversation.

When the boy declined to speak with him, Ramirez launched into an angry, homophobic tirade, a Seattle police detective said in court documents. Ramirez, the detective continued, called the boy names, including an anti-gay slur, and mocked him for wearing dresses.

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Prosecutor-Seattle-man-s-attack-on-boy-an-4214871.php

I hope this is bumped up to the Federal Hate crimes law.

[RKP5637]

1. This guy needs to serve hard time. I'm really fed up with these jerks. It's the same pattern of

behavior, be it against LGBT, women, blacks, them over there, it's always the same BS, same personality traits ... bigots, homophones, RW religious crud, racists, always the SOS. And give them a gun, and it will escalate into murder.