Atlanta Adult Entertainment: Police chief: Gays not targeted in recent crime spate
Posted on July 23rd, 2010 in Atlanta adult entertainment
On July 9, a transgender prostitute was viciously attacked in Midtown by a john who beat her with a pistol, fired a shot that grazed her thigh and bit off most of her ear because he did not want to pay her. While this was not classified as a hate crime by APD, Powell was informed of the incident after the department was chastised for not informing her of the attack on Noblitt until three days after the incident.
Then, on July 10, a state parole officer, George Walker of Marietta, was found beaten severely in Central Park near the Atlanta Civic Center; his vehicle was found days later in the parking lot of the Atlanta Eagle, a gay bar on Ponce de Leon Avenue. Walker, 31, remains in a medically induced coma at Grady Hospital. Gregory Johnson, 30, confessed to the beating and police say it does not appear to be a random act.
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The APD currently has a strong lead in the attack on the transgender woman in Midtown, but Turner stressed that because she is a prostitute, this is not considered a bias crime.
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