The section of South Goodman Street that the attack took place on is lined with residences. The attackers were originally congregated on one of the porches. (One could speculate that one of the attackers owned or knew the owner of the home.) So it’s entirely reasonable that they would still be in the area when the police arrived.

Also, this blog post doesn’t mention the detail that there were actually two groups attacked that night at the same location. Both groups were coming from the same location (The Avenue Pub, which is a few blocks away from the site of the attack) and headed to the same destination. I belive the first group was attacked five minutes before the second group (sadly, I don’t currently have access to my notes from the Community Forum held to discuss this case last sumemr). It is my understanding that the police were called after the first group was attacked and arrived shortly after the second group was attacked.

For more information, I’d recommend contacting The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley, who did their own independent investigation into this matter. I believe that Alexandra Corbus was heavily involved in that investigation, and possibly even heading it up.

The accusers have filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging their civil rights were violated. ”

Are the accusers the ones who were apparently the victims? And if so, why did they not testify before the grand jury when they had the chance? If they didnt testify when they had the chance why would the even file a lawsuit afterwards?
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‘Mistakes have been made’? wha!? If they got gay bashed, how exactly did they mistake the victim with the basher… unless, of course, they retaliated. But… it doesnt seem like they retaliated, rather, they got upset that the officers let the attackers go and charged the victims with something irrelevant to gay-bashing.

Secondly, unless the police was around the corner… why would the attackers stay at the scene?