Denver gay bashing: cop refuses to press charges, court backs him
by: Pam Spaulding
Mon Sep 15, 2008 at 09:00:00 AM EDT
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=859EFAAF591CCFA355DC0D84C99A22A8?diaryId=7010This is beyond bad. It's a clear case of a hate crime (or any assault for that matter) simply being ignored because the victim is gay, compounded by a system that backs up the officer and the offender.
On St. Patrick's Day 2007, he was on his first and only visit to Denver when he, his cousin and her boyfriend were walking home from dinner at a 16th Street eatery.
...Suddenly, a pedestrian passed by and yelled, "Keep that ->-bleeped-<-got away from me."
"Excuse me?" asked Daivari, who then was punched in the head by the assailant.
Daivari reacted with a few jabs of his own and held his attacker until police broke up the fight. Officer Richard Boehnlein refused Daivari's repeated demands to press charges, telling him, "No, go home."
