Gothamist: When "Petite But Ornery Lesbians" Attack!

Jamie

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:07:34 -0500

For the women to have their rights as a women voided by the man not respecting the word NO and insulting the women by spitting on 1 would make anyone upset and act out on it. Personally I dont think they overreacted no matter how many women it may have been they were defending themselves.

La CC

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:35:40 -0500

i can't believe i'm saying this, but this is completely awesome. finally one of those pig catcallers gets his comeuppance. i hope they all hear about this and think twice before harrassing a woman in the street again.

Samantha T

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:45:31 -0500

"Maybe Johnson and her friends overreacted." A seven-on-one beating involving a steak knife to the stomach? Yes, I think that qualifies as an overreaction. We cannot condone vigilantism for anybody, even historically vulnerable groups of people. Spitting on somebody is not violently attacking them, disgusting and disrespectful though it is. There are lots of things this woman could have done short of beating this dude within an inch of his life, including walk away.

Shield

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:05:03 -0500

It's very easy to put this in a "news of the weird" category and laugh about it. But to put in a little more serious context, let's remember that just a few years ago, Newark teen Sakia Gunn was killed for being a lesbian under very similar circumstances - attacked by a guy after she rebutted his advances by telling him she was a lesbian. If you're gay, the potential for violence is always just under the surface. Maybe Johnson and her friends overreacted. But I get where they're coming from, and I doubt that Buckle's advances were totally innocent. Spitting on them? That (and probably hitting on her in the first place) was looking for a fight.

Shield

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 11:56:54 -0500

Barry P.

Sat, 19 Aug 2006 15:49:27 -0500

"The women, all apparently lesbians..."