{"id":122459,"date":"2022-08-02T07:18:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T01:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/gay-teen-recovering-after-alleged-hate-crime-attack\/"},"modified":"2022-08-02T07:19:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T01:49:07","slug":"gay-teens-recovering-from-hate-crime-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/gay-teens-recovering-from-hate-crime-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay Teens Recovering from Hate-Crime Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A gay Utah\u00a0teen is recovering from what\u00a0police are saying was a hate crime, According to KSL TV in the local area.<\/a><\/p>\n

Officers arrested a 17 year-old boy for allegedly assaulting another person with hate crime enhancement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sgt. Greg Moffitt from the Sandy Police Department stated to the outlet that the case will go through the juvenile justice system.<\/p>\n

Moffitt stated that the hate crime enhancement makes it a class A misdemeanor. This could lead to jail time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis actually fits in as a hate crime. When you\u2019re targeting someone\u2019s sexual preference, their religion, the color of their skin or ethnic background, those all can be considered a hate crime,\u201dHe spoke to the outlet.<\/p>\n

Jocelynn Peacock, the victim\u2019s sister, told KSL TV that the confrontation started late on Friday night around midnight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Peacock says that her 17 year-old brother was right next to their front door, with his boyfriend.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were out front of the house talking and they were just hugging each other goodbye and saying goodbye for the night and that\u2019s when those boys drove by,\u201dShe said.<\/p>\n

The teen\u2019s sister said the group of boys drove by once, yelled homophobic slurs, and then came back less than an hour later to attack, according to the outlet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t see the punch, but I heard it, the scream afterward, and that\u2019s why I came running out,\u201dPeacock spoke.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The sister stated that the teen now has a \u201cbusted lip and gums,\u201dParamedics examined him and concluded that he might have suffered a concussion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The victim\u2019s mother told KSL TV that the teen had been in the ER after the incident due to extreme headaches, memory loss, and wanting to sleep constantly.<\/p>\n

According to the outlet, the sister was able to find a teen that seemed to be involved on social media\u00a0and confronted their parents.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI ended up going to their house and was like, \u2018Um, do you know your son did this?\u2019\u201dPeacock spoke for the outlet.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd she was like, \u2018No, he wouldn\u2019t do that. He would never do that,'” Peacock recalled to KSL TV.<\/p>\n

“Well, he did,” she continued. “Then, the other boy who actually hit my brother came to the house and talked to us and police were on scene and he got arrested,\u201dKSL TV was informed by the sister.<\/p>\n

Moffitt admitted to the outlet that there are some hate crimes that go unreported, but said that his agency is committed to helping its victims.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are a victim of something that\u2019s targeted as a hate crime, we\u2019re going to take it serious,\u201dHe stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s absolutely no room for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peacock told the outlet that she\u2019s pleased with the outcome and hopes the teen has learned his lesson.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just sad. It\u2019s 2022, you know. We should love everybody for who they are.\u201d<\/p>\n

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