PITTSBURGH, THIS IS KDKA TV
NEWS AT 5:00 P.M.
CITY LEADERS ARE LOOKING
INTO THE NUMBER OF ETHNIC
INTIMIDATION INCIDENTS IN
PITSBURGH.
AMONG THE PEOPLE MOST TARGETED
MEMBERS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
PAM SERRANO HAS MORE FROM A
LOCAL MAN WHO WAS THE VICTIM OF
A VIOLENT CRIME.
HE IS BLACK AND TRANSGENDER.
Reporter: THE PICTURES OF
HIS FACE FOLLOWING A BRUTAL
ATTACK DOWNTOWN ARE DIFFICULT
FOR HIM TO SEE AND TALK ABOUT
WHILE RECALLING WHAT HAPPENED
EARLIER THIS MONTH.
IT WAS A CROWD OF PEOPLE.
Reporter: HE RECALLS WALKING
INTO THE 7-ELEVEN, DECEMBER 2,
WHEN HE WAS ATTACKED.
TARGETS HE SAYS BECAUSE HE IS
BLACK AND A TRANSGENDER MALE.
A YOUNG MAN SAID I WILL WHIP
THAT [ BLEEP ]
Reporter: AND THEN CAME MORE
ATTACKS BY SOMEONE ELSE IN THE
GROUP.
I MEAN, YOU COULD TELL BY MY
VOICE.
HE SHE.
Reporter: NOT ONLY DID
SOMEONE THROW COFFEE IN HIS
FACE HE WAS PUNCHED AND KICKED.
HE SAID THE ATTACK LASTED 10
MINUTES AND NO ONE CALLED 911
AND IT WASN'T TILL HE CAME
OUTSIDE THAT HE FOUND SOMEONE
THAT COULD TAKE HIM TO THE
HOSPITAL.
NEARLY 3/4 OF ALL HAIL CRIMES
COMMITTED ACROSS THE CITY
ACCORDING TO PITSBURGH POLICE
DATA TARGET MINORITIES.
76% WERE BASED ON RACE, 71%
TARGETED AFRICAN AMERICANS.
HE WAS ABLE TO GET SUPPORT FROM
THE DELTA FOUNDATION AND DEANA
STANLEY.
ACCORDING TO POLICE DATA AND
ADVOCATES HATE CRIMES ARE HARD
FOR VICTIMS TO REPORT BUT IT IS
CRITICAL THEY DO.
YOU ARE STANDING UP FOR THE
INJUSTICES AND LETTING THEM
KNOW THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN TO
ME.
Reporter: HE SAYS FILING A
POLICE REPORT WAS DIFFICULT.
HE GOT MIXEDINALS ABOUT WHICH
ZONE TO GO TO BUT THE PUBLIC
INFORMATION OFFICER SAYS THE
CASE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND
ANY ZONE CAN TAKE A REPORT.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO CALL 911 AND
REACH OUT TO GROUPS LIKE THE
DELTA FOUNDATION.
7-ELEVEN IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE
NENT AND THEY DON'T -- INCIDENT
AND THEY DON'T CONDONE THE
BEHAVIOR.
