Gay couple attacked in Piedmont Park
One man and five minors were arrested in Piedmont Park on Friday night after an assault and robbery of a gay couple, according to an Atlanta police report.
At approximately 10 p.m., Jarvis Johnson, 19, and five other males ranging in age from 13 to 17 approached two men having a picnic in Piedmont Park, asked if they were gay and then threatened them, the report states. The suspects then began to attack each individual separately.
“We were just finishing up dinner and playing cards when they came up to us and asked if we were gay,” Joshua Noblitt, 32, told the AJC on Tuesday. “It wasn’t very organized. I don’t know if they thought gay men in the park would be an easy target based on stereotypes and stuff, or what.”
Noblitt said one of the suspects used a large stick to assault him, which he grabbed away from him and turned on his assailant.
The report states that Noblitt and his boyfriend, Trent Williams, 25, “began to get the best of the suspects,” and Johnson used his cellphone to call for help from friends.
(more at AJC.com)
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