Hollywood Roosevelt Gay Bashing Attack Reported: Four Said to Have Been Injured by Gangsters

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WeHo Confidential
One of the reported victims.
The website WeHo Confidential says that as many as four people were injured in a gay bashing attack at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel this month.

The victims were returning to rooms at the hotel about 2 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 19 (following a Saturday night outing) when they were attacked by a group of 10 people said to be gang members, the site says. The group called the five "faggots," Confidential reports.

The beat down reportedly started ...

... when the suspects attacked one of the five, then another, who was a woman, then another, when he apparently stepped into defend the victims.


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One of the victims, ID'd only as "Aaron," was said to have been kicked in the head even as he was knocked out and unconscious.

In all four people are said to have been injured -- one so bad that he "awoke in a pool of blood with LAPD and paramedics standing over him," according to the site. Two sought medical attention, and cuts and gashes were reported.

The group of victims included a total of five people, according to the website: The report says the five checked out and requested refunds but were denied.

The perpetrators are said to have been visiting from Oakland.

We tried but could not reach anyone from the LAPD or the hotel for comment. (The Roosevelt's corporate publicists were out for the holidays, a rep told us).

[@dennisjromero / djromero@laweekly.com / @LAWeeklyNews]


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Michellebl
Michellebl

It's new year, why is this violence...You shouldn’t believe, my co-worker's step-aunt makes USD80/hr on the computer. She has been without work for 9 months but last month her income was $9023 just working on the computer for a few hours. Read more on this site... MakeCash17.cøm

Chocohps
Chocohps

READ THIS BEFORE U JUDGE!

No refund because they started the fight against other GAY Teens who were hispanic! Ask yourself why no one was arrested? Both partyies were released the guys who got beat up came at the teens who were walking away the girl tried to stop it and she got caught in the middle!  i saw the whole thing!! Their leaving all this out for a better story the Roosevelt does not Discriminate! This is a story of two guys who wrote a check their asses couldnt cash! Theres always two sides!

Douglas Douglas
Douglas Douglas

This is an STUPID VIOLENT ASSHOLE issue, not a racial one. 

Vivien Dracon
Vivien Dracon

Trash is trash no matter the race. I hope 2012 brings these guys a cold dark cell in Pelican Bay!

P.R. Is Not Rocket Science
P.R. Is Not Rocket Science

The victims need to retain an attorney immediately and get access to the videotapes of the Hollywood Roosevelt manager and that particular conversation with them, (especially regarding the cleaning up of their blood) and then sue the hell out of them.

dcbsky
dcbsky

2012 will be the year I apply for a CCW and get the proper training.

The Inland Emperor
The Inland Emperor

you can call this a "hate crime" because itmay fit your own agenda, but i don't think it really mattered whether the victims were gay or not. these gang members were out to bust somebody's skulls and any excuse would do. that's what gang members do.

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Jody
Jody

Oakland gang members huh? Well, considering its a known statistical fact that 70% of blacks voted for Prop H8, it's safe to say the perpetrators of this "H8" crime were black.

Dach
Dach

Well it's obvious that if someone kicked your ass, it wouldn't be a hate crime, it would simply be because you're an a-hole

Lan
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delmer Wilburn
delmer Wilburn

As a black man, it's just shame that, in this day in time, in a versatile city like L.A., that this ish could happen. Discrimination against one is discrimination against all.

Kevin
Kevin

Well gay people might as well boycott the Hollywood Roosevelt. They don't care about us. No refund...Frikken you!  On top of that Oakland exports it's criminals . They are all animals in Oakland. When I lived in San Francisco no one would ever go to Oakland. 

delmer Wilburn
delmer Wilburn

 That's just stupid. I've gone of there for years, to see Warriors basketball games, and to demonize an entire city is just asinine.

Beatnoir
Beatnoir

Kevin, you have some serious problems that you need to deal with. I'm sure there's a few psychologists in your area that can help you deal with your anger issues.

Chris
Chris

Jodylax, click the link, actually research the article if you care so much to post on it, and you will learn that your generalizations are wrong. 

Dennis Romero
Dennis Romero

Chris:

Amen.

Yeah, it does mater AKA. This was reported on as a crime motivated by hatred for sexual orientation, plain and simple.

akavillar
akavillar

if it doesn't matter what race the attackers are....why does it matter the victims are gay?

Dennis Romero
Dennis Romero

They're self-reporting this as a potential hate crime and gay bashing, so you'll have to ask them why it matters, however, if they were attacked on the basis of race then, yes, race would matter.

akavillar
akavillar

actually, the only thing that matters is that they were, apparently, attacked unprovoked...if that's the case...then there is no "basis" of the attack.  and unless you can read the minds of the attackers...then the thought crime is presumptive.  the assault is the crime...no "basis" of an unprovoked assault has importance.  orientation, race, gender, economic status...who cares.     psychopaths think they have a "basis" for hurting people.  it's really all about hurting. 

jodylax
jodylax

"Visiting from Oakland" ?  We all know what race they were.

Chocohps
Chocohps

They were latin what do you have to say to that and gyesr who started it the guys who are making these one sided statements!

delmer Wilburn
delmer Wilburn

 That's an idiotic statement. Being born and raised in L.A., I might know a bit more about this city than you do. There are thugs of all races in this city. From black to latino to asian to skinheads to biker gangs, of all stripes. Take your pick. Asshole.

Beatnoir
Beatnoir

Should have known the bigots would come out of the woodwork as soon as the word Oakland was mentioned in the article. First of all where's the proof that they were from Oakland, nor which race the attackers may belong to (as if it should matter).  All we're getting is hearsay, fueling a "certain" segment of the population to do what they do best, stereotyping. No one likes to hear about these types of crimes, and perpetrating hate is NOT going to make the situation any better.

Dennis Romero
Dennis Romero

I know where you're headed. You're wrong. What does it matter anyway?

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