Woman knocked out in Uptown beating, police suspect hate crime
Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 10:24 pm
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Kristen Boyne, 32, was walking home from her job at Calhoun Square at 11 p.m. Thursday and decided to stop at a nearby grocery store to buy ice cream. Before she could make it into the store, two men beat her, leaving her unconscious.
Boyne says the men called her a “dyke.” When she responded, “What did you say to me?” the pair punched her repeatedly and kicked her in the stomach. She was taken by an ambulance to a Hennepin County Medical Center where doctors said she suffered from a severe concussion.
“These two men attacked me, and for what reason? Because they think I’m a lesbian?” Boyne told KSTP. “Which maybe I am, but what’s the difference?”
Minneapolis police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime and urge anyone with information to call Sgt. Bruce Kohn at 612.673.2941.
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Comment posted July 22, 2011 @ 7:57 pm
Not saying that this young woman deserved to get get injured but I am guessing that she more likely got beat for some criminal activity. She has a record police record in two states. She also was caught stealing lottery tickets from a gas station that she worked at. Again, no one deserves physical harm but this most likely wasn’t a hate crime against her being gay- more likely it was due to her screwing someone over….
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