The victim was using the bathroom when 21-year-old Matthew Francis of Staten Island asked him what kind of bar it was. On Sunday, October 3rd, two men attacked a gay man at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village. Jackson is currently the only man arrested so far and is charged with multiple counts of assault as a hate crime. They then punched the victims, and Jackson hurled a metal garbage can that struck two of the men, according to the report. On Friday, October 1st, a group of men in Chelsea were saying goodbye when Andrew Jackson, 20, yelled a slur along with five other men, telling the group to go home.
New York City residents and community leaders are speaking out about a rash of anti-gay hate crimes in recent weeks.
