Man who smashed two gay men wh a chair: 'I'm the victim' - LGBTQ Natn

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Police have released vio of a man who h another man over the head at the Chelsea Dallas BBQ this week an alleged anti-gay attack (above). Meanwhile, others are qutng the narrative of one of the victims, Jonathan Snip, by claimg that his attacker was also gay.

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2 GAY MEN H IN THE HEAD WH CHAIR IN POSSIBLE HATE CRIME

NYPD is vtigatg a possible hate crime after a rtrant brawl. It was ught on vio the middle of one of Manhattan's largt gay neighborhoods. Wns say started over a spilled drk and a gay slur while victim Jonathan Snip was on a date. Vladimir Duthiers reports. * gay man hit with chair *

It was ught on vio the middle of one of Manhattan's largt gay neighborhoods. Wns say started over a spilled drk and a gay slur while victim Jonathan Snip was on a date.

GAY COUPLE VICLY ATTACKED, H OVER HEAD WH CHAIR, AT DALLAS BBQ IN NEW {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYMAY 6, 2015/6:33 PMBY DAN AVERYMAY 6, 2015 / 6:33 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY COUPLE VICLY ATTACKED, H OVER HEAD WH CHAIR, AT DALLAS BBQ IN NEW YORK","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-05-06T22:33:33.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-05-06T22:33:33.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A GAY UPLE WAS BASHED OVER THE HEAD WH A WOON CHAIR, KNOCKED TO THE GROUND AND KICKED BY TWO MEN HURLG ANTI-GAY SLURS AT A DALLAS BBQ RTRANT LAST NIGHT MANHATTAN'S CHELSEA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ATTACK WAS PTURED ON VIO (BELOW).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: PHILLY GAY BASHG SPECTS TURN THEMSELV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TWO VICTIMS, JONATHAN SNIP AND ETHAN YORK-ADAM, WERE VOLVED A QUARREL WH OTHER DERS OVER A SPILLED DRK, WHEN A THIRD MAN, JUMPED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO GOTHAMIST, SNIP, 32, HAD JT RECEIVED A TEXT ABOUT A ATH THE FAY AND KNOCKED OVER A DRK AS THEY HURRIED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"A TABLE NEAR DIBLY STARTED MAKG PRETTY GROSS MENTS ABOUT THE TWO OF LIKE, 'WHE FAGGOTS, SPILLG DRKS,'" SNIP SAID. "I DON'T LET ANYONE TALK TO ME LIKE THAT. I WENT OVER THERE AND ASKED, 'WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT ?'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NONTATN BEME VLENT A MAN OM THE TABLE KNOCKED SNIP TO THE GROUND, LLG HIM "FAGGOT" AS HE KICKED HIS SPE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A WNS, TOLD CBS 2  WAS SNIP WHO MA THE ALTERTN TURN PHYSIL: “THAT CLEARLY WAS THE SE," SAID ISAAM SHAREF, WHO FILMED PART OF THE CINT. "EVERYONE THE RTRANT SAW THE GUY WALK RIGHT OVER TO HIM AND H HIM THE FACE. IT NEVER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THERE IF [SNIP] HADN’T ATTACKED THE OTHER GUY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_198997" ALIGN="ALIGNNONE" WIDTH="534"] JONATHAN SNIP[/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT SNIP SISTS HE'S NEVER THROWN A PUNCH HIS LIFE AND, AT 140 POUNDS, HE WOULDN'T BE DUMB ENOUGH TO TRY THEN. "I MAY BE A MOUTHY BROAD, BUT I WASN'T GOG TO TAKE TO THAT LEVEL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS WHEN YORK-ADAMS, 25, GOT SNIP TO HIS FEET THAT THE BEARD MAN H HIM OVER THE HEAD WH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE GUYS ATTACKED SPECIFILLY BEE THEY KNEW WE WEREN'T THEIR TYPE OF PEOPLE," SNIP TOLD DNA NEW YORK. HE HAD A TOOTH KNOCKED LOOSE AND RTILAGE SNAPPED HIS EAR AS A RULT OF THE BEATG. "IT WAS DISGTG. IT WAS AWFUL," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LARGE, BEARD MAN WHO H SNIP WH THE CHAIR THE VIO BELOW IS STILL AT LARGE. THE NYPD IS VTIGATG THE CINT AS A HATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH !!!! 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What started wh a spilled cktail end wh an enraged man llg a gay uple a pair of "whe faggots" then smashg a chair over their heads. But * gay man hit with chair *

The man reportedly shouted anti-gay slurs before beatg Jonathan Snip and htg him wh a chair.

CBS2's Dave Carl talked to the victim, who police believe may have been targeted bee he is gay.

Jonathan Snip, 32, said a man attacked him si a Dallas BBQ on Wt 23rd Street after llg him an anti-gay ephet. Snip spent hours talkg to Detectiv wh NYPD Hate Crim Un, tellg them a dner date was unrway when the drk spilled, and the spect stg at another table allegedly ma an anti-gay slur. NEW YORK, NY – A vio that is gog viral onle this morng, shows a gay man gettg h over the head wh a woon chair at a rtrant on Tuday night, beg lled a gay slur at the time of the cint.

MAN WHO SMASHED TWO GAY MEN WH A CHAIR: ‘I’M THE VICTIM’

* gay man hit with chair *

A gay uple was bashed over the head wh a woon chair, knocked to the ground and kicked by two men hurlg anti-gay slurs at a Dallas BBQ rtrant last night Manhattan's Chelsea attack was ptured on vio (below) two victims, Jonathan Snip and Ethan York-Adam, were volved a quarrel wh other ders over a spilled drk, when a third man, jumped .

What started wh a spilled cktail end wh an enraged man llg a gay uple a pair of “whe fa****s, ” then smashg a chair over their heads. Acrdg to the uple, El-Am beat them to the ground, then proceed to kick them before breakg a woon chair over their heads while shoutg antigay slurs.

Now, El-Am, who’s also gay, is sug the uple he beat — and wns of the attack — for famatn, as well as the rtrant. In a plat filed wh the Manhattan Supreme Court, El-Am claims that sce the vio of him beatg the men went viral, he’s been labeled as a “homophobic hate crimal” and that has “stroyed his life. What started wh a spilled cktail end wh an enraged man llg a gay uple a pair of “whe faggots” then smashg a chair over their heads.

MAN WHO SMASHED CHAIR OVER TWO GAY MEN’S HEADS CLAIMS HE’S THE REAL VICTIM

Related: Everythg We Know About Spected NYC BBQ Attacker, Includg That He’s Gay. Acrdg to the uple, El-Am beat them to the ground then proceed to kick them before breakg a woon chair over their heads while shoutg antigay slurs. Now, El-Am, who is also gay, is sug the uple he beat and wns of the attack for famatn, as well as the rtrant bee, well, why not?

In a plat filed wh the Manhattan Supreme Court, El-Am claims that sce the vio of him beatg the men went viral he has been labeled as a “homophobic hate crimal” and that has “stroyed his life. Bayna-Lehkiem El-Am, who h two gay men over the head wh a chair while allegedly llg them "whe f----ts at Dallas BBQ's Chelsea outpost on C Mayo, has turned himself .

A few days later, me to light that El-Am is himself gay and a wns alleged that the cint was racially fueled, not an act of homophobia. In the latt versn of the story, El-Am told gay activist blog G-List Society that Snip attacked him first and that he h him wh the chair retaliatn and as a form of self fense. Sign up to our Eveng Headl email for your daily gui to the latt newsSign up to our ee US Eveng Headl emailA gay uple were attacked a New York bar when an alleged altertn over a spilled drk rulted one of the men beg h over the head wh a woon chair.

MAN WHO H GAY COUPLE WH CHAIR AT DALLAS BBQ TURNS HIMSELF IN

Speakg to New York lol news webse DNA, York Adams scribed the cint as “disgtg” and “awful”, Jonathan Snip, 32, and Ethan York-Adams, 25 (Facebook)Snip said he believed the attack occurred bee of their sexualy and that the man ed homophobic NYPD spokman nfirmed that Snip had lost a tooth and had rtilage his ear snapped as a rult of the attack, but they were not currently vtigatg the cint as a "hate crime" Sharef, the man who shot the vio, told the New York Daily News that he did not hear any homophobia and did not thk was a hate crime. A iend of both men told that the attacker had been makg anti-gay slurs before pickg up the chair and bashg him over the head.

GAY UPLE ATTACKED WH WOON CHAIR MANHATTAN BAR DURG ALTERTN OVER 'SPILLED DRK' - VIO

Jonathan Snip, 32, said a man attacked him si a Dallas BBQ on Wt 23rd Street after llg him an anti-gay ephet, April 6, 2015. MANHATTAN — A gay uple was bashed over the head wh a woon chair, knocked to the ground and kicked by two men hurlg anti-gay slurs at the Chelsea Dallas BBQ Tuday night, an attack ptured on a graphic vio, acrdg to police and the victims.

Jonathan Snip, 32, suffered bis and cuts to his face after a man shoutg anti-gay ephets attacked him si a Dallas BBQ on Wt 23rd Street, April 6, 2015. I'd rather, the fort of my livg room, be kept up than go to the hospal, " Snip add, explag that emergency medil workers told him he'd primarily be monored for a possible said he was still shock the morng after the attack — addg that while he's had anti-gay enunters before, this was the worst one he's endured.

"Growg up gay Alabama, this is not my first time at that roo, " he iends circulated the vio hop that someone might regnize the attackers. Police have released vio of a man who h another man over the head at the Chelsea Dallas BBQ this week an alleged anti-gay attack (above).

VIO SHOWS THE MOMENT A GAY UPLE WAS BTALLY ATTACKED WH A CHAIR

Meanwhile, others are qutng the narrative of one of the victims, Jonathan Snip, by claimg that his attacker was also Gothamist a post om a blog lled The G-List tled, “Gay Hate Crime Or Whe Gay Privileged Media Manipulatn On NYC’s Chair Throwg Fight? Wrer Waddie G., scrib his experienc wh the media verage of the fight: I read the Mashable blog post and noticed that the narrative was a purposely misguid news story to ce rears of mostly the headle to cry out homophobia for a helpls whe gay guy.

Homophobia thriv even a smopolan meltg pot/salad bowl like New York. People are racist as hell, and that clus many whe gay people (look no further than the ments sectn of this Towleroad post on the cint for more proof than you uld probably ever stomach) story gets more plited, acrdg to Waddie G. :Now, what Snip chose to leave out his terview was that durg his exchange of words wh the two alleged Black aggrsive homophob is that he stck one of the Black men first which kicked off the entire brawl.

VIDEO: GAY COUPLE BASHED WH CHAIR AT CHELSEA DALLAS BBQ

[THE VIDEO HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN DUE TO RACIST WHITE GAY MEN WHO SUPPORTS THE AGGRESSIVE SNIPES’ DECEITFUL NARRATIVE WITH THREATENING MESSAGES TO THE VIDEOGRAPHER WHO WAS A CONCERNED CITIZEN WHO HELPED MAKE SURE THAT THE TRUTH WAS EXPRESSED. Sharef is openly gay and upload the Instagram and YouTube vios of the fight that went viral but has sce removed them. Que the ntrary:Sharef said he never hear gay slurs and doubts the cint was a hate crime.

SUPPOSED ANTI-GAY DALLAS BBQ CHAIR ATTACKER NOW RUMORED TO BE GAY

The rtrant, the heart of Chelsea’s gay club district, is known as a gay hangout, he, which is ? I looked up the chair tosser’s Facebook profile, and he is allegedly gay, gay, gay and pretty popular the ballroom scene. I am not gog to snch the guy out bee I am on his si of self-fense m the chair tossg and hate the whe gay privileged narrativ by gay bloggers, blogs and anizatns who sensatnalized this cint to more than what was to protect the whe gay hot head who wanted to monize the Black gay men as aggrsors over a physil altertn that he provoked when he uld have ignored their foul language like I always do when sults are hurled my the story happened the way Snip said did, though, he was pletely jtified to rpond to someone who had lled him a faggot.

Callg people out on their bullsh curbs homophobia.

NYPD VTIGATG POSSIBLE ANTI-GAY HATE CRIME AT DALLAS BBQ CHELSEA AFTER VIO SHOWED MAN ATTACK GAY UPLE WH CHAIR

Gay people have put up wh this sh their whole liv, and if they’re sick of , you n hardly blame them.

VIO SHOWS GAY UPLE BEATEN WH A CHAIR AT NYC'S DALLAS BBQ AFTER HOMOPHOBIC SLUR

Gothamist pots to an acunt which Snip lled his attacker a “nigger” first (and which his attacker is referred to as “tra, ” or a gay man who uld pass for straight):Whout the attacker’s story, and wh people apparently workg to keep his inty ncealed, though, what n we do except rely on what Snip said? I never stated that I heard a gay slur.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY MAN HIT WITH CHAIR

Supposed Anti-Gay Dallas BBQ Chair Attacker Now Rumored To Be Gay .

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