Suspect in alleged hate crime attack at gay bar surrenders to police
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — A Redwood City man wanted for allegedly beating up a man because of his sexual orientation turned himself in to the Sheriff’s Office around noon Wednesday, reports the Mercury News.
Cole White, 24, surrendered a day after a judge signed a $50,000 arrest warrant charging him with assault and a hate crime allegation.
“He provided a brief statement and said he would like to speak to an attorney,” Santa Cruz police spokesman Zach Friend said.
White is accused of beating up a Santa Cruz man in his 30s at the Blue Lagoon, a gay-friendly nightclub in downtown Santa Cruz early Sunday, according to police.
The attack happened after White allegedly yelled gay slurs at the man, calling him a “fag.”
Category: California
Am I the only one looking at him and drawing the conclusion that he’s a bit confused about his own sexuality? Hmmm.
In general, we are fairly accurate at calling these things, and I see a 24 year old man who has yet to admit to himself and his friends and family that he is a gay man.
How many undercover gay men are the first to call an out gay man a faggot or a queer or whatever else, only to years later admit that they were trying to repress their own likes and appear to be hetero in the eyes of those who’d always expected them to be as much?
Methinks that he’s gay..and scared. Why on Earth does he have to actually be handsome? No matter. He’ll get what’s coming to him.
One day maybe, just maybe, he’ll apologize. And he’ll mean it.
We’ll have to wait and see.