Atlanta police on Saturday announced
they had arrested a suspect in the beating of Brandon White, a gay
man.
Three men beat 20-year-old White on
February 4 outside a southwest Atlanta store. The beating was
captured on video and posted online. In the video, the men can be
heard shouting anti-gay slurs at White as passersby look on.
Police spokesman Carlos Campos said
that Christopher Cain, 18, had been charged with aggravated assault
and robbery and that the police are still seeking the two other
suspects. The men could also face hate crime charges, federal
investigators said.
“I feel as though I should have
justice,” White said during a press conference last week, “because
those guys didn't feel my pain. They didn't care whether or not I
was injured. I could have died that day. They're monsters.”
The
Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that U.S. Rep. John
Lewis joined a Saturday rally in support of White. He urged the
crowd to continue speaking out against crime: “When you see
something going wrong, you must do what you are doing today.”