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Hate crime designation sought in gay man's murder
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"Three men are now in custody in Broward County in this year's robbery and beating of two gay men, one of whom—Craig Cohen—recently died of his injuries after six months in a coma.
"...Kevin Cathcart is the executive director for Lambda Legal, a New York based legal advocacy group for gay rights. He says there is a bigger backdrop, that hate crimes can take on a larger significance about the relationship between security and minority groups.
"'Part of the issue is not fully is it a hate crime or is it not a hate crime, but are the authorities taking these crimes seriously enough. Do they care enough about people in the gay community, are there proper resources being put into place when something horrific like this happens.'"
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