Prop 8 Supporters Attack Elderly Woman
From FOXNews.com
An elderly woman who attended a gay rights protest carrying a cross to voice her support of the new California ban on gay marriage says she was attacked by demonstrators and now may press charges.
Palm Springs Police Department spokesman Sgt. Mitch Spike told FOXNews.com no arrests had been made as of Thursday evening and added that victim Phyllis Burgess still is deciding whether she’ll press assault charges.
“The investigation is proceeding as it should,” Spike said.
Asked if the charges could be elevated to include hate crime penalties, Spike told FOXNews.com, “That’s a possibility. That’s one of the things we’re looking at.”
Carrying a large, foam cross, Burgess, 69, showed up at a rally last Friday against Proposition 8, the ban on same-sex marriage approved this month by California voters.
She was there to show her belief in traditional marriage, she said.
Within minutes, however, angry protesters swarmed around the Palm Springs resident, yanked the cross from her hands and trampled on it, as seen in a video of the incident posted on YouTube.
“I guess I didn’t see the gravity of the whole thing and how it was being portrayed to the public,” Burgess told The Desert Sun newspaper. “People are incensed. They seem to want some kind of justice.”
If charges are filed, Spike said prosecution could be difficult because the alleged suspect or suspects seen in the video has not been identified.
“We haven’t been able to identify everyone in that video,” Spike told FOXNews.com.
i suppose you would criticize jews for trying to kill hitler too?
First of all, there is absolutely no comparison between the two. Secondly, did I criticize anyone, no. I simply reported a situation that is happening.
Not that I need to defend my position, but I have been showing both sides to the story or simply reporting what is happening.
Do you think that it is acceptable that certain, not all, but certain individuals are destroying property?
Fight the fight. Keep on protesting, but do so in a humane way.
By the way, thank you for stopping by! I truly do appreciate the comment.