Florida Men Arrested in Brutal Beating of Group of LGBTQ+ Women

[Eugene]

Source: The Advocate

Florida Men Arrested in Brutal Beating of Group of LGBTQ+ Women

Two men have been arrested and charged with battery with prejudice for assaulting a group of LGBTQ+ women in November.

BY RYAN ADAMCZESKI
DECEMBER 30 2023 10:00 AM EST

Florida police have arrested two men in connection to a vicious assault on a group of LGBTQ+ women in November.

Jorge Giovani Estevez, 33, and Daiken Fernandez, 25, were detained Wednesday and charged with battery with prejudice, WTVJ reports. Fernandez was charged with a felony, whereas Estevez was not.

Several lesbians and one transgender woman were with friends when they were viciously assailed in Wynwood, Fla., following an event held on November 26. Video obtained by police showed two men verbally accosting the women before they began throwing punches. The women are heard calling out for help as the men attack.

One of the victims identified Fernandez as the man responsible for punching her friend several times in the head before knocking her unconscious, as well as punching and knocking to the ground another friend, who sustained a concussion and required stitches.

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Read more: https://www.advocate.com/crime/lgbtq-men-arrested-attacking-women

[Mickju]

1. I'm glad they were arrested.

This kind of shit breaks my heart.

[multigraincracker]

2. Hope they get their free

3 hots and a cot for many years

[JustAnotherGen]

3. I hope they go to

Jail for a long long time.

[Darwins_Retriever]

4. Only 1 got tagged for a felony

The other wasn't (?). I'm guessing that one has flipped.

[SarahD]

5. Hey! Florida Man!

You're supposed to do weird stuff that hurts yourself and makes us laugh at your stupidity. Let an alligator clamp on to your junk. Drive your car into the swamp. The things Wile E Coyote does when chasing the roadrunner. Hate crimes are not funny, Florida Man.

[GiqueCee]

6. Oooo! BIG men!

Beating up people that had done you no harm just to show what tough guys you are. You sorry sacks of excrement.
The only good bully...

[Chi67]

7. Ugh!

Time to start putting people like this in prison for a very long time!

[onetexan]

8. Idiots

[vercetti2021]

9. Criticize me if you want

But this is exactly why I carry on me at all times. Being a transwoman in any red state is like walking with a target on your back. Reason I go to the range each and every week. The rest of us in the LGBTQ community need to train and be armed for shit like this.