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Atlanta police investigating slaying of Black Gay Pride organizer

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Axel_Atlanta_Black_Gay_PrideAtlanta police are investigating whether the murder of the organizer of the city’s Black Gay Pride celebration was shot because he was gay.

“The Atlanta Police Department is exploring all possibilities with regards to the homicide of  Durand Robinson,” Atlanta Police Department spokesman Carlos Campos told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Robinson, 50, owned a popular gay club and was found dead in the middle of a street in southwest Atlanta early Wednesday. He was shot in the chest.

In The Life Atlanta is organizing a candlelight vigil for Sept. 1.

Atlanta’s Black Gay Pride celebration is scheduled for Sept. 1- Sept. 6

Posted by Axel Hotels on Monday, August 30, 2010 at 12:05 pm 
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  1. Sammi Boy says:
    August 30, 2010 at 4:07 pm

    It doesnt sound like a hate crime, but just like Robinson was at the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people. It’s just a shame.

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