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Victim Jack Price
"I know he's far away from being a hateful person. He don't hate nobody," insists brother Eddie Rodriguez. NYPD sources say the other suspect, 26-year-old Daniel Aleman, is claiming that Rodriguez instigated the assault, and he simply joined in for no good reason. According to one source, Aleman has told investigators, "Me being a stupid ass took a couple of cheap shots on the white guy."
The brutal assault, which was captured in horrific detail by a surveillance camera, left victim Jack Price in the hospital with two collapsed lungs, a lacerated spleen, broken ribs and a broken jaw. After emerging from a medically-induced coma, he is now off a respirator and was undergoing surgery last night. His sister-in-law JoAnne Guarneri says, "He's speaking. He's our miracle. God wasn't ready to take him yet."
During last night's perp walk at the 109th Precinct stationhouse, Rodriguez was asked, "Why did you beat him up and call him those names?" Rodriguez responded, "I didn't call him no names." Like Aleman, he is expected to be formally charged with second-degree assault as a hate crime and face up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
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Yeh, whatever.
Hate crime or not, he's still a dick.
Real tough guy.
pleeeeze - "he don't hate nobody"......sorry ass piece of crap this guys is - if you were not guilty of anything why did you run to Virginia. you and your buddy need to fry in the chair for this.
"Me being a stupid ass took a couple of cheap shots on the white guy."
you beat the crap out of another human being and what goes around comes around scum!
"If he's guilty of anything, he'll man up to it."
He doesn't have to "man up to it." He was caught on tape.
"Aleman, is claiming that Rodriguez instigated the assault, and he simply joined in for no good reason."
Oh, so he's just a mindless, spineless piece of garbage instead of an ignorant, spineless piece of garbage.
Overheard later: "Oh, he was gay? We were beating him because he was white. My mistake!"
"he don't hate nobody"...which means he hates somebody. likely the guy they beat the s out of. the english language dies a little each day, if it's not already in a coma.
This is why hate crimes are stupid. It doesn't matter WHY they did it, what matters is that they attacked an innocent person! The asshole isn't a better guy because he's not a homophobe. He's still the kind of guy who tries to kill innocent people.
actually it does matter WHY they did it. hate crimes threaten and terrorize whole communities rather than individuals -- that's why they're more serious.
What's your definition of "community"? Do I have to be gay to be scared by something like this? Do you feel safer because you're straight, so these psychos won't attack you?
Maybe not a homophobe. Definitely still a racist.
I'll be sure to remember that the next time a carload of "young men" drives by and yells "FAGGOT" out their car windows. Thankfully they've never stopped and followed up on the threats although had I been in an area where there wasn't a lot of activity they probably would have.
Question: As a straight man, how often has this happened to YOU??? Hmmmm????
Not to make light of this seriously unruly beating, can you please put up a picture of Daniela Rodriguez, 21, instead?
kthxbai
Where should I start?
This is a despicable crime and what's worse is the blase attitude these useless wastes of space are taking. Their attitude, from the way the quotes are presented, is that this crime wasn't a big deal. "cheap shots" ?! The only reason it happened is because they could get away with it. If Mr. Price was 230 lbs, they wouldn't have done it.
They're cowards and so are their families. "he'll man up to it". That's nice. How about "manning up" and getting a job? No, that's "white guy" things? I think everyone should sit on the streets and give these families a wake-up call. WE WON'T TAKE THIS SHIT ANYMORE!
Jail isn't enough...jail won't stop them from being brainless buffoons and it won't stop their families and friends from allowing this behavior. I'ts not a hate crime?! Whether or not it is is irrelevant...DID THEY SEE THE VIDEO?
Ugh, I can go on and on...Is there a way to set up a community organization to sit on the streets and intimidate thugs like this...and the families of thugs like this to get their shit together and actually TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES? Instead of letting them wander the streets and pick off those who they think are weak
NO wonder you are against humane education because you are racists. "getting a job" is a white man thing?? what an ignorant remark.
Mr Rodriguez brought up Mr. Price's race I'm mocking their racist, ignorant attitude. If you can't handle the argument at hand and want to diffuse the issue by bringing up the race card, then don't be surprised that nothing will get resolved.
Yeah, they definitely aren't calling him names when, in the video, they lean over him & point. They are just doing a charade, or practicing mime. They did it all in SILENCE.
He's a really great guy. Really! Sure.
thats pretty strange, at least he didnt say that it was because he was propositioned and attacked the guy because he made advances.
placing himself at the scene and admitting to taking a small part of the attack is pretty much the same,
he will get sentenced to the fullest even if he claims to love gay people, so avoiding the added penalties of being a HATE crime wont matter.
which brings it us to the old argument, why is it a hate crime. its certainly not a love crime if he shouted i lick penis daily so dont get this beatdown all miscontrued.
He doesn't hate gays. He hates white people, weak people, vulnerable people, people who are alone or outnumbered, and people who can't fight back. But he doesn't hate gays per se.
I know he's far away from being a hateful person
Uh, did you see that video? Your brother beat the crap out of a guy, and didn't even stop when the man was on the ground unable to move. Instead, he went back and literally kicked the guy while he was down.
I have news for you... your brother has some hate in him.
I hope that these 2 guys are charged with simple assault as well though, on the off chance that a grand jury or jury doesn't believe that slurs were used.
What makes me sad is that jail won't do anything to make him a better person...just put him in with more people like him who have no concern than being accepted for being a "tough guy"...he'll be hurt, maybe even raped, but eventually, he'll be victimizing more people.
Hate crime or not, a severe beating is a severe beating.
If anything, he hates all living things.
Cook em. Life, no parole.
If i could get what i want, I say let them live in the wilderness (Cananda, Siberia...Amazon?) with animals that can fight on his level.
Why should he get the satisfaction of ever seeing a human face again? Receive human kindness? Let him get torn apart by the elements. Cruel and unusual? Look at that video again and say he deserves ANY benefit from society...He made his choice and he doesn't need kindness...This wasn't a situation where he commits a crime because he needs to eat...he did it TO HURT SOMEONE ELSE
...let him live like the animal he is...He'll get a taste of that 12 block walk Mr Price had to take because NO ONE helped HIM when he needed it.
There is no human kindness in jail. what a weed.
Comparing
1). seeing people, getting fed, getting (albeit threadbare), access to conjugal visits, television, internet, and snail mail
2). Nobody.
You tell me the degree of human kindness is possible in jail.
No need to name-call, it's REALLY unbecoming
threadbare clothing*
Cananda?
Canada, sorry about the typo.
Whether it's a hate crime or not, your brother needs to be beaten within an inch of his life ... on camera so we can all enjoy.
your brother and his little boyfriend are assholes.
Apparently, irony is lost on these folks.
The vermin's sister said he'd "man up." Since when is fleeing to Virginia an example of manning up?
What's the over/under on how man days until we hear from the sister that her brother's scared and has been crying/suicidal in jail...
Why isn't it a hate crime to want to hit someone because their white?
Yeah, notice Al Sharpton hasn't said a peep
If this isn't a hate crime is it somehow OK?
wtf.
he should have just kept his mouth shut,
he didnt say he hit someone because he was white, he
said he hit the white guy.
the irony of hate crime is you cant get into a street brawl, fight, beatdown, mugging without having to publicly state a disclaimer
"i am a great lover of humanity, i support gay marriage, and hold no grudges against this person's race, creed sexual orientation, religion or political affiliation"
now hold on while i get back to pounding his teeth in.
If he confesses, that is not manning up. He is not a man for that. At this point that is the LEAST he can do. It is not honorable and it does not make him a man. Being a man is not brutally assaulting people. He could have prevented the attack, or tried to stop it. That would have been manning up.
Best way of getting out of a hate crime: say you didn't hit the guy because he is gay but rather because he is white. How NYC.
Well it was only a matter of time before some fuckhead said it.
Really , you have the picture of this poor man beaten here and you want to see a picture of the assaulter's sister. I THINK YOU ARE TRYING TOO HARD TO APPEAR HETEROSEXUAL. DON'T BE ASHAMED OF YOUR HOMOSEXUALITY
calm down there sweetheart
Get off my nuts bro.
Yes, I'd rather see a picture of the woman mentioned in bold in the first paragraph (that's the important one on the internets) than a picture of the dude that got the snot beat out of him and is practically in a coma.
What the fuck is wrong with you? Take your meds, stop commenting, leave gothamist, stop trolling. In that order too.
P.S. Your first of three failed attacks on me reads: "WERE YOU DROP AS A CHILD?" which is, needless to say, a debauchery of the fundamental concepts of both the English language and blog etiquette.
Troll be gone. Or as you might say, TROLL BE GONED.
Those two were tailor made for prison. I doubt they'll ever get out.
Couple of Fags they are.
"Me being a stupid ass took a couple of cheap shots on the white guy."
I predict this isn't the last of these two guys rolling over on each other. They're each going to say the other guy started it.
[Jewish mother mode] If your friend jumped in front of a taxi, would you do it, too? [/Jewish mother mode] In fact, I wish both of them would.
you fucking dogs i its not on people are human no matter what gay straight blue green yello black or white
this is not on i think this guy should be shown what nice people gay people are and the guy who bashed this poor man should be in placed in jail on death row or in a mental ward because this is not on
im so angry at people actions the fucking thaught kills me im so so disturbed by this that makes me wanna go straight bashing
"He don't hate nobody..." Maybe I should follow this dumb ass minority home and beat the ever living shit out of him until he is gasping for his last breath of air.
in College Point they're the majority
Rodriguez and his accomplice should rot in prison. Plain and simple.
if we beat them because they're spics, would that be a "HATE CRIME"? What if they beat this guy for fun and robbed him and didnt say anything nasty - is that nay less a crime?
yes.
Really: isn't any crime fueled with hate to begin with; these two should get fucked up the ass hard in prison & maybe they will not fuck with any man again, gay or straight. I hope Mr. Price recovers & the familes who keeping saying to give "mercy" to their sons should shut the fuck up & ask them why should we if they did not give Mr. Price any mercy??
Real nice, a homophobic attack on me- on a post about a guy who was allegedly beaten half to death for being gay.
This is why you don't have any friends. This is why no one here likes you or agrees with anything you say.
You are a JOKE.