hate crimes
George Spencer
![[title]](http://homelessvoice.org/sites/homelessvoice.org/files/imagecache/thumbnail/story/Spencer.jpg "George Spencer")
By Sofia Santana, Sun Sentinel
WEST PARK
A man found slain in an alley has been identified as George Spencer, 45, who was homeless, the Broward Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.
A passerby found Spencer's body in the 2800 block of Southwest 44th Avenue, just north of Hallandale Beach Boulevard, on Aug. 31. The death has been ruled a homicide, investigators said.
People who live near the alley told detectives that Spencer lived there.
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Investigators are not saying how Spencer was killed.
Records show homeless man's hardship before he was beaten in Lauderhill
Two days before a 68-year-old man was critically injured by two attackers in Lauderhill, he was homeless, with 9 cents in his pocket and using an apartment pool deck as a place to sleep, Broward court records show.
Johnny Warden, a New York native, remains at Broward General Medical Center after two men repeatedly punched and kicked him and stomped on his head at about 6 a.m. Sunday in front of a convenience store in Lauderhill, police said.
Lauderhill: Homeless man beaten and robbed
BY LAURA C. MOREL AND DIANA MOSKOVITZ
LMOREL@MIAMIHERALD.COM
A 68-year-old homeless man was in critical condition Monday at Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale after he was assaulted and robbed Sunday morning in Lauderhill.
Two suspects were arrested.
Lauderhill police said two men kicked the victim's head several times and then stole his wallet at Northwest 12th Street and 42nd Avenue.
WSVN-7 Homeless Hate Crime Bill Signing
Today the Govenor of Florida, Charlie Crist, signed the bill to include "Homeless" in the hate crimes statute. Broward County was #1 for hate crimes toward the homless for the past 3 years. Teens were mostly involved in these crimes. Hopefully, changes toward how our children look at the homeless will now change. Who is to blame? especially when it is illegal to feed the homeless in most cities.
Homeless hate crime bill passes Senate
A bill adding the homeless to the state's hate crime law is headed to Gov. Charlie Crist after the Senate's passed it 25-10 Tuesday morning.
The bill was triggered by a 2006 spree of attacks by three Broward teens who beat homeless men for sport. The teens beat one sleeping homeless man to death with a baseball beat.
One of the non-fatal beatings was captured on video tape and gained national attention.
The Senate took up HB 11 sponsored by Rep. Ari Porth, D-Coral Springs.
Teens That Taunted Homeless Man Held Behind Bars
Warning: video contains explicit content
All of the teens who were caught on video tormenting a homeless man in Pompano Beach in 2008 are now in jail, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Department. Nineteen-year-old William Sleight, 19-year-old Brandon Edwards, 19-year-old Nicholas Bakum and 21-year-old Bradley Wunderlich are all charged for their parts in the crime.
South Florida Teens Attack a Homeless Man... and video tape it
More teens attack homeless people in South Florida than any other area in the USA.
This latest attack the teens were so proud they videotaped it.
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