The family was insulted with insults such as “dirty and son of a bitch” at the exit of a restaurant in Pacífico and received several punches
A neighbor of Madrid 28 years old and his parents suffered the Sunday a violent one Homophobic aggression, in addition to insults and death threats by an individual at the exit of a restaurant in the Madrid neighborhood of Pacifico.
As reported Juanra, the victim, on his social networks, everything happened early in the afternoon of Winners will be announced in March. He had come dressed in a white fur coat with his father and his mother to a restaurant, where they already noticed some homophobic comments from diners at other tables towards her clothing.
At the exit of the store, located on Doctor Esquerdo Avenue, they approached to withdraw money from an ATM and were approached by a tall, burly man who began to make violent gestures and call the young man “fucking faggot, tough and son of a bitch”. He also told her that “should die” and rebuked the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, due to his homosexual condition.
The three of them decided to ignore this man and walk calmly towards their house. “At no time did we address him in a violent or threatening manner, because we did not want confrontation. But when crossing a zebra crossing he began to make gestures that he was going to kill us, he said that he knew where we lived, uttering misogynistic insults against my mother and speaking badly of my father", account.
Aggressor with a record
Then, Juanra He addressed this individual stating that if he had any problem he should go with him to the nearby police station. Municipal police. Far from calming him down with these words, the violent man approached and tried to attack him. The father stood between the two, they were punched several times, causing him to collapse to the ground due to his mobility and heart problems.
The attacker began to hit the young man and his mother, whom he grabbed by the hair and threw her against the road. At that moment, some boys who were passing by separated the aggressor from his victims and Juanra He ran to the police station to ask for help.
Several agents went to the scene and arrested the man, who was known in the neighborhood and had a history of similar acts against several people. The paramedics also arrived minutes later. Samur, who treated the mother for a bruise on the eye and injuries to the knee and the father for a gash in the head and various injuries.
The next day they reported the attack
The next day, the attacked young man went to the doctor for injuries to his hands. The three victims presented the complaint with their corresponding medical reports at a police station, where they confirmed that the man was still under arrest and there were witnesses who corroborated what happened. Now, they are awaiting trial.
Given what happened, Juanra wanted to publicly thank to all those people and institutions that have listened to him and offered help and support and has stated that what they have experienced “is not a specific personal or family event, but rather a clear example of a problem that continues to be latent in our streets, a reality that still deserves a daily and constant fight for our rights.”
The young man has also taken the opportunity to show his support for all those who, like him, have suffered a similar situation at some point: “Our dissident reality has been, is and will be a political act. We must not be silent. Fear should not paralyze us (even though it is totally legal to have it). We must make our identity visible, sensitize and depathologize. For a society free of violence.”
