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building like the Oklahoma bombhree years ago when Hate Crimes ing ,or when some group in the name of on the Homeless was on the rise the God blows up several buildings by flying planes in to them Homeless Voice started the Na“In the year 2004, and finally when tional Coalition Against Terroracross America, 25 three homeless men ism and Stopping Hate Crimes USA. Both groups were designed homeless people were in down-town Fort to seek answers on why so much sought out, hunted if Lauderdale are sleepyou will and were ing and then sevhate could exist that some person brutally killed of eral young adults go or some group of people would have so much hate in their hearts vicious hate crimes.” up to them and hit National Homeless them with hard blows to kill innocent people. When we Advocate Sean with baseball bats, see Terrorism and then we see Cononie killing one of them , Hate Crimes, is there a differit is time we say in ence? In my own understanding How of the two words, I would say that they America we have a problem. are the same. When a child goes in to a could any of these people have so much school and hate in their hearts to do such acts of ABOUT THIS ISSUE shoots other terrorism? To top it all off in the past , students for when the teens , that have hunted and This issue of the Homeless no apparent killed homeless people in the last six Voice was so important reason, as years were asked why you did such an there act of violence on some person not we wanted to include some if could be , bothering you, their answers have all articles from the main or when been similar. For fun, for kicks... these stream papers. So the several men are the answers they are giving to auorder of events may be attack and thorities and researchers. (Continued on page 6) confusing on the timeline. blow up a
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Beaten to death Drifter Norris Gaynor, 45, did not survive severe blows to his head early Thursday. Gaynor was one of three homeless men attacked in downtown Fort Lauderdale or near a church near the beach early that morning. Police are still hunting the killers -- two to four young men who were armed with sticks or baseball bats. (Broward Sheriff's Office)
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t least two young men, armed with bats and chilling smiles, attacked a homeless man outside a downtown Fort Lauderdale college building as a security camera watched. A second attack was reported at 2:38 a.m., at a park across the street from the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, only a half-mile away. If this crime was by the same attackers, they were more vicious. A man called to say his friend was hurt, lying on a park bench. When paramedics arrived, they found the victim barely alive, his head bashed in, defense wounds on his arms. Not long after the second victim died, police had a third report. Just after 4 a.m., a homeless man crawled from the Church by the Sea garden where he was jumped, and flagged down a crew of firefighters. Within three hours and four miles, police think a group of two to four young men, either teens or in their early 20s, had (Continued on page 10)
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hen homeless individuals around South Florida go to seek shelter tonight– a refuge away from the cold weather sweeping through – they will be able to sleep with a little more ease. Thomas S. Dougherty, 17-yearsold, and 18-year-old Brian A. Hooks, the two suspects captured by a security camera while attacking a homeless man, were turned in today by their families. Captain Michael Gregory released a statement at 3:30 p.m. informing the public that the families of Dougherty and Hooks turned the teenagers over to police around 9:45 this morning. Dougherty and Hooks “They were both quiet, polite and cooperative,” Gregory said. He also stated that they invoked their right to silence and the presence of an attorney. Dougherty and Hooks are facing charges of aggravated battery for attacking Jacques Pierre, 58, and the murder of Norris Gaynor, 45. The third victim, 49-year-old Raymond Perez, who was beaten outside Church-by-the-Sea, is also believed to be another of Dougherty and Hooks doing; just one hour after Gaynor was assaulted. The nation watched as Pierre was beaten by the two teenagers around 1 a.m., Thursday, outside of Florida Atlantic University’s downtown campus with what looked to be bats. “Everyone saw the footage,” Gregory said. This footage, as he (Continued on page 7)