3 men arrested for gay hate attack in Minnesota
Hate crime on the heels of President Obama’s condemnation of Minnesota’s gay Marriage ban proposal.
Police in St Cloud, Minnesota have arrested three men accused of severely beating a gay man because of his sexuality.
The three men, named as Matthew Warren Thomas, 24; Chad Vincent Hands, 21 and Ryan Andrew Frane, 23, were arrested and transported to a county prison.
Police say that they assaulted an unnamed 22-year-old man from at around 2:24 on Monday morning. He suffered cuts and bruises to his face and hands, according to the police.
Yesterday, the White House has issued a statement condemning proposals to ban gay marriage in Minnesota. The statement called the move as “divisive” and “discriminatory”.