Gang member gets 10 years in prison for Brooklyn anti-gay attack

A reputed Bloods member who stabbed and punched two males throughout an anti-gay assault in a Brooklyn bodega will spend 10 years behind bars.

Christopher Clemente, 38, was sentenced Wednesday by Brooklyn Supreme Court docket Justice Danny Chun in reference to the assault which left two males with collapsed lungs on Sept. 4, 2021.

The victims, a 38-year-old man and 29-year-old man, have been ready for meals in a bodega on Broadway close to Halsey St. in Bushwick, when Clemente and two different males began mocking their sexuality, authorities allege.

“It’s Adam and Eve,” one of many attackers shouted, in response to cops. “Not Adam and Steve!”

Clemente began punching the older sufferer within the face whereas an confederate, Jonathan Carter, 33, struck the person with a glass liquor bottle and knocked him to the ground, prosecutors stated.

Clemente saved attacking the person, repeatedly stabbed him within the head and physique with a screwdriver, after which he and the third attacker — who stays at giant — chased the youthful sufferer.

He grabbed the 29-year-old, punching and stabbing him as he continued to yell out homophobic slurs, prosecutors stated.

The attackers known as one of many victims, who identifies as homosexual, a “f—-t,” and yelled, “We’re not with that homosexual s–t!”, legislation enforcement sources stated.

The older sufferer was stabbed in his physique, head an buttocks, and suffered a collapsed left lung. The youthful man was so badly injured each of his lungs collapsed, and he was hospitalized for 13 days.

Clemente surrendered to police after the NYPD launched surveillance photographs from the assault. He has 9 unsealed prior arrests relationship again to 2005, together with for assault and housebreaking, cops stated.

He pleaded responsible to tried homicide as a hate crime on Jan. 25.Clemente, who was held on $150,000 bail since his arraignment, should additionally serve 5 years of supervised launch as soon as he’s completed his time.

Carter’s case remains to be pending. He’s free on $10,000 bond, and is scheduled to return to Brooklyn Supreme Court docket March 9.

“This vicious assault on two harmless victims was an insupportable act of anti-gay violence, and as we speak’s sentence sends a robust message that we’ll vigorously prosecute anybody who commits a hate crime,” Brooklyn D.A. Eric Gonzalez stated Wednesday. “No person ought to concern that they’ll be attacked due to their sexual orientation or gender id, and we’re dedicated to vigilantly defending the rights of Brooklyn’s LGBTQ group.”