Police investigating possible Midtown bias attack on gay journalist

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It is freakin' 2014. Why is this sick crap happening?

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9407433

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Police are investigating the beating of an openly gay journalist in Midtown Manhattan last week as a possible bias attack.

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On January 17, he was attacked in Midtown, a block away from his apartment. He had just left a party around 4 a.m. and was on his way home near 54th and 7th Avenue - that is where he crossed paths with his attackers who beat him and left him for dead in the street.

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Gener suffered severe head trauma and is currently in intensive care recovering from brain surgery at St. Luke's Hospital. He's listed in serious but stable condition.

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Gener is a widely respected and recognized writer who has reported for the New York Times, the New York Daily News and other major publications. The beating may have robbed him of his brilliance.

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1. NYPD Releases Sketch Of Suspect Wanted In Beating Of Journalist Randy Gener

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/01/27/nypd-releases-sketch-of-suspect-wanted-in-beating-of-journalist-randy-gener/

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A family was desperate for answers Monday night, in the wake of the brutal beating of a well-known New York theatre journalist.

As CBS 2’s Jessica Schneider reported, the family of Randy Gener came together to pray Monday evening, as police released new clues about the suspect.

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Gener — an award-winning arts journalist who has worked for the New York Daily News, The New York Times, the Village Voice and NPR — was attacked near West 54th Street and Seventh Avenue in the early hours of Jan. 17 and left in a pool of his own blood, WCBS 880?s Monica Miller reported.

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Police said the suspect fled in a grey four door Nissan with Mississippi license plate number KAT-397.