Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Man pleads guilty to anti-gay hate crime in Seattle | Gay Star News


Troy Deacon Burns of Bremerton, Washington has pleaded guilty after being charged on Wednesday under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr, Hate Crimes Prevention Act, according to the Justice Department.

Holding a knife raised over his head in a stabbing position, Burns approached three gay men who walking along East Pike Street in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood just after midnight on Jan 25 and yelled ‘fucking faggots’ as the trio crossed the street, according to a court document.

As Burns got closer, he made eye contact with them and repeated the slur yelling ‘Yes, fucking faggots’ while holding a knife at waist level. One of the men said he heard Burns say ‘I’ll fucking stab you.’

The three men ran, but Burns caught up to one of them and again used a gay slur while threatening to stab him.

Man pleads guilty to anti-gay hate crime in Seattle | Gay Star News

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