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Gay Hate Crime Victim Talks About His Attack on Campus – Through His Wired Jaw

Posted by on Apr 25, 2012 in Crime | 9 comments

Eric Unger, graduating with a wired jaw.

A gay college student in Normal, Illinois speaks out – through a jaw wired shut – about the vicious attackers who jumped him because he is gay.

A gay Illinois State University student is recovering from injuries he said he suffered during a hate-inspired beatdown Saturday morning near campus.

Normal Police said the apparent attack is under investigation but could not confirm it was a hate crime.

Eric Unger said he had just left a party and was walking home alone about 2:30 a.m. in the 100 block of West Willow Street when a group of men passed him from behind — and one of them knocked his phone out of his hand.

The 23-year-old from north suburban Deerfield, who is openly gay, said he asked the group, allegedly comprised of five to eight African-American males, “what their problem was.”

Unger said they responded with anti-gay slurs and surrounded him. He said he pleaded that he “just wanted to go home,” but the men attacked him, still hurling anti-gay epithets.

What do you think police aren’t calling this hate crime a hate crime just yet?

(via Chicago-Sun Times)