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On August 18, 2006, Dwayne Buckle, an African-American independent filmmaker, and a group of seven young black lesbian friends from Newark, New Jersey, got into a physical conflict outside of the IFC Center movie theater in Greenwich Village, in Manhattan, New York City. During the altercation, Buckle was cut, requiring 5 days of hospitalization. The women claimed that they were acting in self-defense, while Buckle claims the women initiated the attack motivated to commit "a hate crime against a straight man". The case sparked sensational media attention. Four members of the group of seven women were subsequently tried and convicted. Two of the convictions were overturned on appeal; the other two convictions have appeals pending. ==The Incident== Buckle claims he was trying to sell some of his DVDs on the street in Manhattan's West Village, and he approached one of the women in the group, whom he admired. Buckle said she smiled back, but another woman in the group responded by mocking his jeans and sneakers as "cheap." Buckle says he responded to the insult in kind and an argument ensued, whereupon one woman slapped him and another spat on him. Buckle says he spat back, then he was attacked by the group, clawed and ultimately severely cut on the abdomen. Patreese Johnson testified that Buckle initiated the altercation by pointing to her crotch and demanding, "Let me get some of that!" 〔 as her group walked past him. She claimed she replied, "No thank you, I'm not interested in that," whereupon Buckle began following them, making more crude comments and gestures. After the women proclaimed themselves lesbians, Buckle allegedly threw a cigarette at them and became even more insulting, calling the group "fucking dykes", and yelled, "I'll fuck you straight, sweetheart". The group stopped and confronted him, and more harsh words were exchanged. Then Buckle began shoving the women, ultimately tackling and choking Renata Hill. Johnson, afraid for Hill's life, cut Buckle using a steak knife.〔〔 Two or three male bystanders, whose identities were never ascertained, intervened in the fight. The women claimed they were "Good Samaritans" acting of their own volition to assist them against their attacker. Buckle claimed the women recruited the men to attack him.〔 One defense attorney advanced the women's testimony that one of the intervenors, not Johnson, was the individual who actually cut Buckle. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2006 Greenwich Village assault case」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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