Referee Pascal Kaiser went viral after proposing to his boyfriend during a Bundesliga game. Then, the 27-year-old was attacked, though the motive is still unclear.
And it’s not just law enforcement, but also the media - basically anyone who has any semblance of authority therefore their words have more power than your average person.
Let’s play the hypothesis game. Let’s presume that the referee wasn’t attacked because he was gay while in public, but rather, someone he had beef with (even unknowingly) saw him on TV, followed him and beat him up. Then once he’s caught he could sue the police and the media who published that he beat the referee because he was gay, which would be slander…
I know for many it’s weird that criminals get to have rights, but over the past ~250 years we’ve refined a system that mostly works AND helps the police apprehend criminals at a much higher rate. Sorry fellas but your need to know comes last, the priority is on catching the person or people who did this and serving justice.
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And it’s not just law enforcement, but also the media - basically anyone who has any semblance of authority therefore their words have more power than your average person.
Let’s play the hypothesis game. Let’s presume that the referee wasn’t attacked because he was gay while in public, but rather, someone he had beef with (even unknowingly) saw him on TV, followed him and beat him up. Then once he’s caught he could sue the police and the media who published that he beat the referee because he was gay, which would be slander…
I know for many it’s weird that criminals get to have rights, but over the past ~250 years we’ve refined a system that mostly works AND helps the police apprehend criminals at a much higher rate. Sorry fellas but your need to know comes last, the priority is on catching the person or people who did this and serving justice.
Could be someone pissed about a call during a pivotal game, could be a former player peeved about a red card, could be an angry homophobe.