LONG BEACH, CA- Community Vents Frustration At Hate Crime Meeting

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Community Vents Frustration At Hate Crime Meeting

Suja Lowenthal, Long Beach Police Department, Host Hate Crimes Forum At Bixby Park, where residents vow: 'Take Back the Streets.'

By Kelsey Duckett |  November 6, 2011

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Jan Montoya, a member of the board of directors at The Center Long Beach speaks out during the Hate Crimes Community Forum at Bixby Park on Sunday. Credit: Thomas Wasper



On a brisk Sunday afternoon, more than 100 people met at the Bixby Park Community Center to vent and plan how to banish hate crimes from Long Beach.

The forum, hosted by Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal with help from the Long Beach Police Department, The Center in Long Beach and various other LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community groups, was planned after the Halloween night attack on two gay men; it comes on the heels of another street assault several weeks ago.