State Rep. responds to Pike’s Pub assault, calls for stronger hate crime laws in Indiana

State Rep. responds to Pike’s Pub assault, calls for stronger hate crime laws in Indiana

ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – State Representative Phil GiaQuinta is calling for stronger hate crime laws in Indiana following an attack at Pike’s Pub over the weekend that left a Black man injured. Pastor joins man at center of viral Pike’s Pub beating to address violence, steps forward The viral video shows the man, now identified as James Simmons, beaten, kicked, and called a racial slur by members of a white motorcycle gang known as The …

Indiana racial attack victim ends silence, speaks to authorities and the public NABJ Black News & Views

The Black Indiana man beaten by a group of white men and called a slur in a viral video said Thursday he hopes good can come from his misfortune. “I just want to make sure it doesn’t happen to anybody else,” James Simmons said in an outdoor meeting with reporters in Fort Wayne. Simmons was referring to his experience at Pike’s Pub, a bar just outside of Fort Wayne, on Friday, May 30. In the footage shared on social media, the group tackles Simmo…