via The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper by Dan "Lied to Seattle Times Intern (Twice!)" Savage on 6/7/11
An argument over a parking space in downtown Palm Springs spiraled last weekend into what police call a brutal attack that should be prosecuted as a hate crime.... About 4:20 p.m. on May 21, [the] unidentified owners of one of the businesses asked a man and a woman to move their car from a spot reserved for [their] business. That led to an argument, officials said. When the unidentified victims began taking photos of the couple, the man and woman "became enraged and began yelling derogatory slurs," Sgt. Troy Castillo said. Russell Bates, 24, and Abigail Sheehy, 19, began "to punch the gay couple multiple times with closed fists, causing one of the victims to lose some teeth," Castillo said. The assailants, who police say had a 4-year-old son who witnessed the attack, fled before officers arrived.
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