Hate Crimes on the rise in SF?

Where: 19th Street between Lexington St. and Mission St. , Mission District, San Francisco , CA

When: Monday, October 9, 2006 (after midnight)

What: Hate-motivated physical assault against a Lesbian-identified woman

Incident: The victim was leaving the Lexington Club, walking down 19th street towards Mission ,
when a male suspect approached her from behind and asked her for money. When
she responded that she didn’t have any, he yelled at her, “fucking dyke,” before
punching her in the lip, the eye, and throwing her down on the pavement. The suspect
then sprinted down Mission Street towards 18th street .
The suspect was described as male, age range 30-40, approximately 5’10” and very
thin, ethnicity/race unknown.


COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND WITNESSES NEEDED:

CUAV is calling on the community to spread the word regarding all forms of LGBTQ hate motivated violence.
The victim in this incident reported that other lesbian-identified women have been physic all y assaulted in the same manner by a suspect with a similar description.
We are asking members of the LGBTQ community to please post and distribute this safety alert out to friends, bars and clubs, local businesses, and organizations to help us prevent other crimes such as these from occurring.
If anyone has information regarding this incident (of 10/09/06)
please c all the SFPD non-emergency number (415) 553-1212
and/or Tina D’Elia, CUAV Hate Violence Survivor Program Director (415) 777-5500.
CUAV also recommends that individuals make police reports about all harassing and violent incidences.
If you have been a victim or a witness of a hate motivated crime,
please contact CUAV for support and advocacy, at our
24-Hour Crisis Line: (415) 333-4357/HELP


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