U of North Carolina student lied about anti-gay assault
Image via Wikipedia A University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNCCH) student with a vicious burn wound lied when he reported the injury as an anti-gay attack, school officials have said. Quinn Matney had filed a report with UNC police claiming that he was attacked on campus April 4 by an unidentified male who branded him with an unknown object. Images show a severe burn that went through the muscle layer to the tendons of his wrist. “He said, here’s a taste of hell, you [expletive] fag,” Matney told NBC17. “I tried to get away, he wouldn’t let go. He didn’t actually let go til I punched him full in the face.” Matney said the attack had left him with fourth-degree burns and nerve injury. Terri Phoenix, director of the school’s LGBTQ ( Lesbian , Gay, Bisexual , Transgender , Queer ) Center at the Division of Student Affairs, said the attack was typical of anti-gay activity. “It is often the case that it is a random type thing like that,” said the woman. But a day after media co...