Police: Man punched woman for being gay
Stamford police say they're looking for the man who punched a woman because she's gay. Police say the man tried to strike up a conversation with the woman as she walked along Spring Street with a group
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May 24, 2016, 10:22 PM
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Updated 3,137 days ago
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Stamford police say they're looking for the man who punched a woman because she's gay.
Police say the man tried to strike up a conversation with the woman as she walked along Spring Street with a group of friends early Saturday morning.
They say when the woman told the man she wasn't interested in men, he yelled out a disparaging comment about lesbians and knocked the woman to the ground with a punch.
Police say they're investigating this case as a hate crime.
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