{"id":123604,"date":"2024-11-08T21:17:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T14:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123604"},"modified":"2024-11-08T21:17:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T14:17:52","slug":"salisbury-university-students-charged-with-hate-crimes-after-they-allegedly-beat-a-person-over-sexual-orientation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123604","title":{"rendered":"Salisbury University students charged with hate crimes after they allegedly beat a person over sexual orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37nr5ji004u2cp75ffddgut@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Twelve students at Salisbury University in Maryland are facing assault and hate crime charges after they allegedly targeted a man \u201cdue to his sexual preferences\u201d and lured him to an off-campus apartment where they beat him, police said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37nrad20003356mm15h0jpm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The students, all men ranging in age from 18 to 21, were charged with first degree assault, false imprisonment, reckless endangerment and associated hate crimes in connection with the October 15 incident, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SalisburysFinest\/posts\/pfbid0bFDyDzbTra2otXxNMw8J5qCtdxi2NuZvBQPQCPNceEgYQvtepQz6t6Pr4ufPyRSal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salisbury Police Department<\/a> said in a news release Thursday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37os05j00013b6m88y9vgpw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Police say a man was invited \u201cunder false pretenses\u201d to an apartment in Salisbury, where a group of men immediately surrounded him upon entry, forced him into a chair in the living room and then proceeded to kick, punch and spit on him while calling him derogatory names, police said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37xewkw00033b6mp3lblmo0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            One of the men met the victim on the LGBTQ dating app Grindr, pretended to be 16 years old and set a date to meet up \u201cfor the purposes of having sexual intercourse,\u201d according to a charging documents obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/baltimore\/news\/salisbury-assault-university-fraternity-maryland-hate-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN affiliate WJZ<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/mgawebsite\/Laws\/StatuteText?article=gcr%C2%A7ion=3-303&amp;enactments=False&amp;archived=False\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legal age of consent<\/a> in Maryland is 16 years old.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm38j86da00003b6mfoffn4yc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            According to the charging document, police reviewed videos of the incident \u2013 recorded without the victim\u2019s consent \u2013 from one of the defendants\u2019 phones.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37vn41l000q3b6mj1t2tk7d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Police allege that when the victim entered the apartment and shut the door, one of the students yelled \u201cYEE YEE\u201d and approximately 15 college-aged men appeared from the bedrooms and assaulted him while using a homophobic slur, among other derogatory terms, to refer to him.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37nr8610000356mw809zn4e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The victim told police that he tried to leave the apartment several times but was \u201cgrabbed by multiple people and thrown to the ground,\u201d according to the charging document. The victim was eventually allowed to leave and discovered he had suffered a broken rib and multiple bruises across his body as a result of the attack, police said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37o8jjj000a356mkybdju84@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The alleged beating, which lasted about five to six minutes, came to light after two witnesses reported to university police on October 29 that one of the defendants showed them a video of the assault, according to the document. University police then contacted the Salisbury Police Department.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37w1rr9000y3b6mp21vsiqp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Cell phone videos retrieved from a defendant\u2019s phone led police to the victim and eventually to additional suspects, according to the document.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3869gyu000e3b6jn9ltyc72@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cAn investigation revealed that the victim was targeted due to his sexual preferences,\u201d Salisbury Police said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm382xojb00043b6jtue7cimw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Attorney James L. Britt, who is representing one of the suspects, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebaltimorebanner.com\/community\/criminal-justice\/salisbury-university-hate-crime-charges-NWLOQUHNKFAM7O5XAM6UGN5BME\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baltimore Banner<\/a> the incident was not related to the victim\u2019s sexual orientation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm386b29b000h3b6jgwjuj8ls@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cOnce all of the facts see the light of day, this case will be shown to be an ill-advised attempt to expose someone willing to travel to have sexual relations with a 16-year-old child,\u201d Britt told Baltimore Banner.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm382za4100093b6j1ollgiw9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN has reached out to Salisbury police for comment on the attorney\u2019s statement as well as attorneys for some of the defendants.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37ochlq000d356mu44ckm58@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Salisbury University President Carolyn Ringer Lepre described the allege assault as \u201ctruly horrifying\u201d in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SalisburyU\/status\/1854233704287138147\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> to the student body.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37oheol000i356mbxpsk93m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cActs of violence toward LGBTQ+ and Ally communities are not only destructive but at odds with the principles of community, respect, and belonging that bind us together as a university,\u201d Lepre said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37oionn0000356mec7zs6mw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThese actions do not reflect the SU that I know and love. A place where everyone should feel safe and free from harm. A place where violence is unacceptable.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37rygxu00003b6m0bjz5bio@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The arrested students have been placed on suspension, the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SalisburyU\/status\/1854658010359980173\/photo\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">university<\/a> said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm38jonj100003b6mj77tqqpx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis includes being restricted from campus and being unable to participate in academic coursework either in person or virtually,\u201d a statement from the university said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37wwy6000063b6mfj7lxu50@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            At least some of the students are members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, which has been placed on suspension, the university said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm38as8gr000u3b6jwf0zjj5a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Grindr told CNN in a statement that it\u2019s \u201cready to cooperate with law enforcement requests to support their investigation.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm38asej1000x3b6jx9riwu83@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cGrindr has always taken its role as a connector for the LGBTQ+ community very seriously. We are aware that in certain instances, digital platforms such as ours are used to target LGBTQ+ people,\u201d a Grindr spokesperson said in an email. \u201cWe have a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination, harassment, and abusive behavior and work hard to ensure a safe and authentic environment free of harmful and fake accounts, scammers, and bad actors.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37oopyx0008356ml6w6wpo8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            LGBTQ+ advocacy group PFLAG Salisbury said it was \u201chorrified and disheartened\u201d after learning about the \u201cbias-motivated attack\u201d against a member of the LGBTQIA+ community.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37pbv9d000c356mue2lhb7e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cPFLAG recognizes that the effects of this deliberate, premeditated act that targeted a person based on their sexual orientation will ripple across the Salisbury University campus, the Lower Shore, and the State of Maryland, reviving and increasing anxiety and collective distress,\u201d the organization said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PFLAGSalisbury\/posts\/pfbid022DZvYYFU48LtTRQ88wcVjXCHDRi51pExRn3VCKdMDVPzFxf5oK7pddqCPgNYodYfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> Wednesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37q2vty000f356mgn4cst9z@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In September, the FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/news\/press-releases\/fbi-releases-2023-crime-in-the-nation-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released its annual report<\/a> showing hate crimes against the LGBTQ community were on the rise, with 2,402 recorded incidents in 2023 relating to a victim\u2019s sexual orientation, up from 1,947 from the year prior.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph paragraph_contributors inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_contributors\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm38jsn0u00023b6m462c6xqr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>CNN\u2019s Nic F. 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