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FULL VIO OF DALLAS BBQ “GAY BASHG” RAIS QUTNS ABOUT VICTIM’S CLAIMS
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He scribed his first exposure to the ps' gay bashg when he was told to meet a group of six to ten officers at a lol Sydney park while uniform. Moore Park was a known hangout for gay men at the time, and the bathrooms were a favored cisg spot. Higgbotham quickly realized was not a legimate police operatn, but stead a brazen and public mob attack by uniform police targetg gay men.
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"Eventually, I unrstood that this was beatg gay people and was beatg gay people wh alumum tncheons and was done by on-duty uniformed police. "The cliffs surroundg the greater Sydney area NSW were popular wh members of the gay muny lookg to hook up durg the 1970s and '80s.
Homophobic groups of men and youth would asslt and often murr gay men, throwg them or forcg them to leap om the cliffs onto the rocks below. As many as 80 gay men were killed the area durg the perd.
"He relled one ocsn where a gay man approached him on the street while Higgbotham was uniform, reportg he had been a victim of gay bashg.