Duke Rape Suspect Has Violent History Against Gays

[kweerwolf]

Collin Finnerty, the 19-year-old Duke lacrosse player charged with raping a North Carolina stripper, forfeited his second chance by a Washington D.C. judge who gave him community service last fall after an attack on a man he repeatedly called gay. The D.C. judge felt Finnerty's arrest in the rape case was a violation of his agreement to stay out of trouble and thus charged him with assault in the D.C. case.

Sounds like no one would've even heard of Finnerty's Washington hate crime had he not been charged with rape in North Carolina. And is Judge John Bayly merely covering his own skin just in case Finnerty is found guilty of rape? After all, he was the judge that let a violent teen- and now a suspected rapist- back on the streets after an unwarranted hate crime. All Finnerty had to do was promise to stay out of trouble. Sounds like a judicial time out to me.

I'm not sure who's the biggest gay foe in this case: A drunk Finnerty beating a man he thought was gay or the judge who thought it was a cute teenage prank that warranted community service and a mockery of a promise?

Is justice only applicable to certain victims? Did Judge Bayly see Finnerty's violence against a man he thought was gay as a crime that didn't warrant punishment? Only Judge Bayly can answer that for sure. Unfortunately, the perception of his message is clear: Bashing is fine as long it's acceptable in the public eye. Had Finnerty assaulted an African-American in D.C., he'd be serving time. Had he assaulted a female victim in D.C., he would've been on the violent criminals list by now. I'm not saying ethnic hate crimes and rape are any less appalling than hate crimes based on sexual orientation. They're all equally despicable. I'm merely pointing out that lucky for Finnerty, Judge Bayly felt gay based violence didn't deserve the same attention the first time around.

http://gaylife.about.com/b/a/256799.htm

Let's see ... priveleged white male who thinks his sense of entitlement allows him to attack or abuse anyone not of his race and class?

Send the little fucker to Iraq and put him on the frontlines where he can sort out his "anger issues."

[Sinti]

1. Why did this twit get a second chance?

WTF. A dude smoking a J in the privacy of his own home is going to jail, zero tolerance. You have to wonder how often this nonsense happens. Come to think of it, I went to school in D.C., it's surprising he got arrested at all.

Damn. But, I don't wish people like this on those poor Iraqis, most of those folks are having a hard enough time with what we started over there already. The "front lines," are Main Street and people's living rooms over there.