The beating of a teenager, allegedly at the hands of other teens during a party in the woods of Gloucester, Massachusetts, late Friday, is under investigation…
While police released few details on what led up to the alleged attack in the abandoned village of Dogtown, they said they have assigned a detective trained in civil rights investigations to lead the caseA teenager was badly beaten by a large group of other teens in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The victim and his mother say he was targeted for being transgender.
He is recovering from a broken bone in his face, nerve damage, a head injury and bruises all over his body. Jayden Tkaczyk says he went to hang out in the Gloucester woods with friends Friday night when he was attacked by 20 to 30 people."Because I'm trans, and also because one of the main culprits, he's dating my ex-girlfriend, so he really doesn't like me," he said.The junior at Topsfield Vocational Academy says many of the attackers are on the Gloucester High School football team.
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