FBI are looking into the Gay beating in Savannah

This weekend's incident has taken a new turn. The FBI are involved:

As Savannah police continue their investigation, the FBI has launched a preliminary inquiry into the incident, according to Special Agent Stephen Emmett, a spokesperson for the FBI’s Atlanta office. The inquiry is in consultation with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Savannah to see if the case may fall under the jurisdiction of a federal hate crimes statute signed into law last October. Georgia is one of five states without a hate crimes law.

The incident is also being investigated by officials at Marine Corp Air Station Beaufort where Cronauer and Stanzel are stationed. The two men were released into military custody on Saturday and are restricted to the base about 40 miles north of Savannah.

The kicker for me was the police report. In the report, the 2 marines gave this silly excuse:

I found the two subjects, identified as Mr. Christopher Danzel and Mr. Keil Cronauer, in between a fenced in, dark empty lot between two buildings on Congress Lane at Barnard St. I asked the two subjects what they were doing in there and they both stated out of breath, that they were waiting for a friend to pick them up.

The lot they were in was empty and there was no way inside but to climb the fence. Both subjects climbed back over on to Congress Lane and questioned as to why they were running through the lane earlier. Mr. Cronauer stated that they were being harassed by a white homosexual male earlier in the evening and just wanted to get away and meet their friend on Bay St. Mr. Stanzel stated that he was going to meet a friend on River St.

The marines felt threaten? Are they serious? They are suppose to protect the country, go through wars and battles; and they felt threaten by one man?

Pathetic, boys, pathetic!

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