In the internal memo, Cornell wrote he tried to balance between recognizing Pride Month and making changes aimed at prioritizing safety
Defendant made threatening comments in each of the calls, including threats to “shoot your bar up” & “you’re gonna be shot up like Club Q”
“I just want to make sure that this doesn’t happen again to anybody. And it has happened before,” he said. “I don’t know why”
The boy, who was hospitalized after the assault, suffered from a concussion, broken teeth and a shoe print on his forehead
Some of those attackers had returned to school after serving their brief suspensions. The rest remain unpunished
The Williams Institute reported in 2022 that "LGBT people [are] nine times more likely to be victims of violent hate crimes"
It is believed there was a crowd of people nearby at the time of this incident. Any witnesses are asked to come forward
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According to police sources, Cando also allegedly scrawled “Jesus is King” on two NYPD RMPs parked outside of the Lower Manhattan precinct
