A top NSW officer who led a review of suspected hate crimes told an inquiry it was difficult to distinguish incompetence from bias in initial police investigations.
Investigators are exploring whether the incident was connected to a drag queen show held in the town of Southern Pines on Saturday evening.
NSW Police have claimed the inquiry is diverting resources from 12 unsolved homicides,prompting a furious response from the inquiry’s commissioner.
The practice of police inciting gay men to commit criminal acts emerged as a theme in the world-first inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crimes in Sydney.
“The idea we still allow semiautomatic weapons to be purchased is sick,just sick,” Biden said earlier. “It has no social redeeming value,zero,none.”
The trans and gender-diverse community is experiencing unparalleled levels of violence and discriminatory media reporting,an inquiry has heard.
The first week of public hearings of an unprecedented inquiry into historical hate crimes against the LGBTQI community has served as a reminder that prejudice existed – and still exists.
The 22-year-old has been in hospital since being beaten by patrons at the club after the shooting claimed five lives and injured 17 others.
Police joked in a 1988 meeting about attacks on the gay and lesbian community that “gays were bashing up themselves”,an inquiry heard.
Barry Charles recounts matter-of-factly a string of homophobic attacks in which he was either victim or witness.
This rampage has renewed fears of the potential connection between America’s weak gun laws and the homophobic discourse.