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2 Men, 1 Women Charged With Beating Gay Couple In Philadelphia<\/b>
\nPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two men<\/a> and a woman<\/a> were being charged in the beating of a gay<\/a> couple<\/a> during a late-night encounter on a Philadelphia street, prosecutors announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The case gained attention when police posted a video<\/a> of the well-dressed suspects out on the town that night, and online sleuths used social media sites to help identify them. Several of the approximately 12 men<\/a> and women<\/a> in the group have since met with police. District Attorney Seth Williams said Tuesday that charges have been approved for three of them, 24-year-olds Philip Williams and Katherine Knott and 26-year-old Kevin Harrigan, all of suburban Bucks County.<\/p>\n

“This vicious attack shocked the entire country. An assault on people because of their sexual orientation has no place in Philadelphia,” the district attorney said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The victims told police that the group hurled gay<\/a> slurs and beat them when the two parties passed on the street on Sept. 11. One man<\/a> suffered serious facial injuries, including an orbital fracture, and had his jaw wired.<\/p>\n

All three suspects were being charged with criminal conspiracy and two counts each of aggravated and simple assault, and reckless endangerment. Philip Williams’ attorney did not return a call<\/a> for comment and Harrigan’s attorney’s name is not known.<\/p>\n

Defense lawyer Louis Busico, who represents Knott, denied that the dispute was motivated by anti-gay<\/a> bias. He also said his client, who has relatives in law enforcement, did not throw a punch.<\/p>\n

“She in no way participated in the assault of anyone,” Busico said Tuesday. “(And) she didn’t hurl an insult or a slur, of any kind.”<\/p>\n

Like others seen in the group, Knott graduated from Archbishop Wood High School in Warminster. One man<\/a> in the group has since stepped down as a part-time basketball coach at the Roman Catholic school. He was not charged Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“Violence against anyone, simply because of who they are, is inexcusable and alien to what it means to be a Christian,” Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput, speaking about the case, said last week in a statement.<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania’s hate-crimes law does not cover crimes motivated by a person’s sexual orientation.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, along with openly gay<\/a> state Rep. Brian Sims of Philadelphia and others, have said the case illustrates the need for a change in the law.<\/p>\n

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