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homosexual, then kill him.Kwi.'iled Prt*SNA homosexual was killed by a group of San Francisco youths who shouted derogatory remarks as the man was stabbed 15 times in the {•lies? and face.Police said Robert Hillsborough. 33. a gardener, was attacked early Wednesday as he and his roommate were returning home from a bar frequented by homosexuals.Four or five young men. in their late teens or early 2lt;)s, followed the two men from a drive-in to their home, police said,Hillsborough's roommate, Jerry Taylor. 27. was beaten by the youths hut managed to escape.Police and svitnesses said the young men yelled deprecating comments about homosexuals as Hills-boroulgh was repeatedly knifed.The young assailants escaped.Gwen Craig, spokeswoman for the Coalition for Human Rights, blamed the attack on “a climate of violence” she said was created by Anita Bryant; Stale Sen. John Briggs. R-Fullerton; and U.S. Sen, S. I. Hayakawa.Miss Bryant led an antihomosexual campaign in Miami recently that ended in the repeal of an ordinance that had banned discrimination against homosexuals. Briggs has proposed legislation that would allow school districts to fire homosexual teachers. Hayakawa has endorsed their views.
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Long Beach, California, US
Thu, Jun 23, 1977
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