Kentucky Lesbian Couple: Firework Attack Was Hate Crime

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A lesbian couple in Harlan County, Ky., who say they were beaten and terrorized in a July 4 attack because of their sexual orientation, are requesting that the federal government investigate the case as a hate crime.

Misty Turner told the Lexington Herald-Leader that she and Brandy Standifer have lived in the Pathfork area openly as a couple for three years. A 28-year-old nurse, Turner has two children from a previous relationship, ages 5 and 3, who divide their time between the residence she shares with Standifer and the home of their father.

The Herald-Leader reports that on July 4, the two women, the children, and other family members sat in a church parking lot waiting for a fireworks show to begin when “people among a crowd at a nearby house began shooting fireworks at them.”

Turner said the fireworks burned her son, her 80-year-old grandmother, and others.

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/08/25/Kentucky_Lesbian_Couple_Firework_Attack_Was_Hate_Crime/

I know politics all to well in Harlan County, if the Federal Government does not get involved The grand jury will do nothing. Being the home of my family, this just pisses me off to no end.

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1. K&R !!! n/t