By Collin Kelley
Editor
A reward of $11,000 is now being offered by the City of Atlanta for information about the perpetrators who brutally attacked a young gay man last weekend and posted the video online for the world to see.
Brandon White, 20, was set upon by three men as he was coming out of a convenience store on McDaniel Street last Saturday. The attackers used homophobic slurs while punching, kicking and throwing an abandoned tire at White’s head. During a press conference yesterday, White came forward after initially being too frightened to call police. The video went viral online and gained the attention of both the Atlanta police and the FBI, which is now investigating the incident as a potential federal hate crime.
“I was appalled and saddened when I heard that this young man was accosted so viciously in our community,” said Atlanta City Councilmember Cleta Winslow, who represents the Pittsburgh community where the attack took place. “I am also encouraging residents of Pittsburgh to come forward with any information about the perpetrators.”
Anyone with information on the Saturday incident is asked to call Zone 3 police officers at (404) 624-0674 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers Atlanta at (404) 577-8477.
