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<\/a><\/p>\nTwo gay<\/a> men<\/a> in Columbus, Ohio were the alleged victims of a vicious hate crime last weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n Bryson Beier and Mantej Sandhu (above), who had just moved to Columbus from California, say they were attacked by up to ten men<\/a> early on Saturday morning in the Short North neighborhood.<\/span><\/p>\n Speaking with <\/span>10TV<\/b><\/a>, Sandhu said:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI thought I was going to die. I thought for sure this was the end\u2026<\/span>they just started saying like \u2018f****\u2019 to us and stuff like that, and we were like what? And just kept walking. And they were like, \u2018God hates f***.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThen all of the sudden a bottle gets thrown at us. And they were saying, \u2018You\u2019re going to hell,\u2019 and all that stuff. We at that point stopped, turned around, we took a photo of the license plate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n According to the couple<\/a>, at this point a second car pulled up. Four or five men<\/a> got out of the vehicle and joined in the assault.<\/span><\/p>\n Short North Beating: Gay couple<\/a> believe they were attacked for who they are: t.co\/JyJlIpLoqg<\/a> #10TV<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/yzCZxhT8x6<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Glenn McEntyre (@Glenn10TV) February 1, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cThey were like, \u2018You trying to mess with my boy<\/a>?\u2019 And then all of the sudden they start, they punch me in the face, throw me on the ground. and next to me he was going through the same thing with the other five black guys<\/a>,\u201d said Sandhu. \u201cEach took a turn- punch, kick. Punch, kick. They were like, \u2018Yeah, yeah.\u2019 Punch, kick. \u2018You like that?’\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Beier added:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know if it was like my own personal self-protection or what, but my vision went black and my brain just kind of shut down and I almost stopped feeling for a minute.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI was crying and begging them to stop, and I just know that whatever they were looking for, they did not find.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Police are currently investigating and will consider whether to classify the attack as a hate crime. <\/span><\/p>\n Watch a report from 10TV:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The post Gay Ohio Couple Allegedly Assaulted By Up To 10 Men In Savage Weekend Attack: VIDEO<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\nRELATED:\u00a0NYPD Officers Ignored Anti-Gay Hate Crime, Says Alleged Victim<\/a><\/h2>\n
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