5 lesbians attacked; police refuse to take report (Colombia Heights Metro station, D.C.)

[Duncan Grant]

The police report made by the GLLU (Gay & Lesbian Liaison Unit) says the incident began when the two male suspects approached the five women as they were walking along the 3100 block of 14th Street, N.W. The block is in the heart of the shopping and entertainment area of the city’s Columbia Heights neighborhood.

The report says the two suspects began to “flirt” with two of the women. It says one of the women responded by telling the men she wasn’t interested and she was with her girlfriend.

“Suspect 1 became enraged and stated, “You fucking dyke bitches, I will kick that bitch’s ass,” the report says. “I will take that dyke bitch into the alley and kick her ass,” the report quotes suspect 1 as saying.

According to the two women who spoke to the Blade, the suspect was referring to Morse, who is the girlfriend of one of the two women that the two suspects approached. Morse said she walked over to the men to find out what was going on.

More at the Washington Blade.

[xchrom]

1. Recommend

[William769]

2. K&R.

Will not comment. Some people don't like what I have to say.

[DirkGently]

3. Hard to tell whether the cops cared less because they were gay, or because they were black. Jesus.

[okasha]

5. Or because they were women.

n/t

[mitchtv]

4. too bad the women were unarmed

these guys needed to get hurt.

[Duncan Grant]

6. UPDATE: Teenager charged in D.C. lesbian attack

D.C. police on Tuesday charged a 19-year-old D.C. man with assault for a July 30 incident in which five lesbians reported being attacked and beaten by two men outside to the Columbia Heights Metro station.

In a statement released late Tuesday, police said detectives from the department’s Third District announced the arrest of Christian Washington of Northwest D.C. on a charge of assault after obtaining a D.C. Superior Court warrant.

“The Metropolitan Police Department is still investigating whether others were involved,” the statement says.

The case has attracted widespread attention after two of the victims told the Blade that police officers responding to the scene of the attack refused to take a report of the incident. The two women also said the officers released a suspect they apprehended upon their arrival on the 3100 block of 14th Street, N.W., where the incident occurred.

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