In the early morning hours on Sunday in Santa Fe, two gay men were attacked in a hotel parking lot, one of them beaten into unconsciousness. That man is in a Santa Fe hospital fighting for his life. Investigators have labeled the attack a hate crime, and the community is reacting to what has happened. This piece contains interview material from community activist Jo Kenny, PFLAG Board Member Elaine Sullivan, and Gloria Nieto, Vice Chair of the Gay and Lesbian Caucus at the Democratic National Committee. They talk about how this attack is a prime example of the need for hate crime laws and how the current divisive political climate can lead to these kinds of attacks. The piece contains reporting narrative from Jim Williams.
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In the early morning hours on Sunday in Santa Fe, two gay men were attacked in a hotel parking lot, one of them beaten into unconsciousness. That man is in a Santa Fe hospital fighting for his life. Investigators have labeled the attack a hate crime, and the community is reacting to what has happened. This piece contains interview material from community activist Jo Kenny, PFLAG Board Member Elaine Sullivan, and Gloria Nieto, Vice Chair of the Gay and Lesbian Caucus at the Democratic National Committee. They talk about how this attack is a prime example of the need for hate crime laws and how the current divisive political climate can lead to these kinds of attacks. The piece contains reporting narrative from Jim Williams.
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Scheduled for broadcast on KUNM-FM 3/4/05
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Suggested intro: In the early morning hours on Sunday in Santa Fe, two gay men were attacked in a hotel parking lot, one of them beaten into unconsciousness. That man is in a Santa Fe hospital fighting for his life. Investigators have labeled the attack a hate crime, and the community is reacting to what has happened. Independent Producer Jim Williams reports.
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Williams: In March 2003, the New Mexico legislature passed a hate crime law. Two years later, its provisions are likely about to be activated.
Kenny: There was a group of six young men who attacked two other young men, because gay people are “faggots” as they called them.
Williams: Jo Kenny is a community activist in Santa Fe.
Kenny: Of those six people, three have been arrested and arraigned. One is seventeen and he’s in juvenile court. The other two have been arrested as adults and the...
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