A man who allegedly attacked the first gay couple to be married at West Point has been arrested by police in New York.
According to the Advocate, Thomas Clabough, 57, of Queens was to face a judge Wednesday, on charges of assault and attempted assault as a hate crime.
Aug. 2 Clabough entered a deli on Prince Street in lower Manhattan to buy a beer, and saw Daniel and Larry Lennox-Choate and allegedly began yelling anti-gay slurs at the couple and then punched Daniel in the face.
Larry took up the story on his Facebook page, “It’s hard to believe that in 2015 we would have to deal with anti-gay hate crimes in soho of all places but that’s what happened today. First off- we’re ok. Aside from one fat lip and a sore punching arm, we are fine. The guy who screamed anti-gay obscenities at us in a bodega before sucker-punching Danny? He left covered in his own blood with his tail between his legs after I handled the situation and tossed him in the street like the coward loser he is. The hate crimes division of the NYPD is on the case and we have full faith a positive outcome will follow. We refuse to be victims and are thankful we can defend ourselves, but are saddened by the fact that idiots like this guy might not pick two guys who went through Plebe Boxing next time.”
