Dallas BBQ Fight lands "Attacker" in Jail

I really don't know how to feel about this.

A New York State Supreme Court jury found Bayna-Lehkiem-El-Amin guilty of attacking Jonathan Snipes and his boyfriend Ethan York-Adams with a chair in Dallas BBQ last year.

I've posted the story then and was concerned with the facts. At the time, it was stated that Bayna-Lehkiem-El-Amin attacked the couple as a hate crime. There were no facts to prove this, just Jonathan's words. Instantly, many gay blogs took his side, even though no evidence supported Jonathan's claims.

Later we learned that Jonathan started the fight with Bayna-Lekheim. Bayna struck back, yes the chair was over doing it, but he was fighting back. But to see that he's going to jail and Jonathan gets nothing for starting the fight is bonkers to me. Because of his drunkenness and stupidity, Jonathan and his man got their asses beat. I'm not condoling violence, but if they would've gone about their business none of this would have happened.

Bayna is now convicted of attempted assault in the first degree, and assault in the second degree. I don't it's fair that Jonathan got nothing.

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So What Really Happened at Dallas BBQ?

Back in May, there was a big incident that happened in the Dallas BBQ in New York City.

Jonathan Snipes, a white gay man, claimed that he was racially attacked by Bayna-Lehkiem El-Amin at the restaurant. There was a video released that showed Bayna-Lehkiem El-Amin smashing the chair over Jonathan and leaving the scene. During that time, it was being investigated as a hate crime.

Now here's the thing, during this time of the incident, many gay blogs the news sites ran with the story taking Johnathan side. That action raised some questions at that point. If you remember, there was only one side of story from the partial video. But now we have the full video and it brings up tons of questions and issues please check it out.



So, where are the slurs? Where is the "White Fa***t" statement Johnathan claimed to have heard? It seems that Johnathan was the start of the situation, which ended badly. My concern is how this story played out even before we knew the information. Many people took the side of Jonathan, believing his whole victimhood story without having all of the information. I said a while back, that something was wrong with the story.

Does it make Bayna-Lehkiem El-Amin completely innocent? No, but it sends a huge message about how we processed the story. To be really honest, we're seeing how race played into the story and our interpretations of who is the villain and who was the victim. There will be more to come on the story, but I'm glad that the truth is finally coming out.