​A seventeen-year-old gay teen, Dylan Beard, was lured from his home by "friends" to a local Baytown, Texas skate park where he was jumped and beaten for being gay. The attackers then allegedly bragged about the attack on Facebook.

The Houston Chronicle reports:

The suspects - a 17-year-old girl and two male friends - allegedly punched and kicked him in the face and rib on Oct. 12 at the WL Jenkins Park, calling him a "faggot" and a "booty lover." By the end of the attack, Beard had bitten through his tongue and suffered chipped teeth, a broken nose, a black eye and lacerations to the knees and elbows.

KHOU11 News provides a video report:

According to the Chronicle:

Beard is homeschooled, and though he is familiar with his attackers, he said he does not know them well. They had never attacked or insulted him before. "It was horrendous, I just couldn't even believe what I was seeing," Jennifer Beard said "This is a park that we're all supposed to be able to get to ... I'm scared to let him go, but I know all his friends are going to be there. I don't know what's going to (happen) there. It scares me now that he can be jumped because he's gay." A mutual friend of Beard and the girl lured Beard to the skate park so that he could be attacked, according to the activist. Afterward, the perpetrators allegedly bragged about their actions on social media.

The Baytown Police department has been accused of being intentionally negligent in their investigation of the case and of using homophobic slurs against Beard. Lt. Eric Freed denies intentional negligence on behalf of the department and says the department is now investigating the case:

"We are taking steps, we're reaching out ... (for Beard to) speak with our detective and to speak with internal affairs," Freed said. Freed said that a police report was filed, and a citation for misdemeanor assault was filed against the main female attacker. Freed was not aware of officers using homophobic slurs or the attackers bragging on social media.

Thoughts on this case, Instincters?

(H/T: The New Civil Rights Movement)