More Details Emerge In Assault On Activist, Navy Vet Jose Rodriguez

Navy veteran human rights activist Jose Rodriguez is recovering today from an attack yesterday perpetrated by at least one man who lured Rodriguez out in a manner not dissimilar to the same tactics being used in Russia to assault gay teens and young adults.

According to Rodriguez, he talked with the man who eventually assaulted him through the internet. Since coming forward about the assault, Rodriguez has been the victim of a concerted campaign by anti-gay bullies trying to hurt him through Facebook and ruin his reputation.

                               Joe
(Works @ Bath House near The Saint in San Antonio TX at the time of crime)

                       
According to Rodriguez, he chatted online with this individual pictured to the right. He spoke to this person several times before going to meet with him. The first time, he took a friend with him, but the first meeting went awry and resulted in the man pulling away. After a while, he contacted Rodriguez again and the two began met. It took a long time of planning and coercing to get to the point where the assault occurred with Rodriguez visiting the man at his home.

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On the night in question, which was the first time they met, the man made as if to take Rodriguez home, but instead, lead him on driving him to an isolated pasture where the man took off Rodriguez’ seat belt.  A second man then punched Rodriguez in his left cheek. That man then pulled Rodriguez from the car and tried to stab him three or four times, but Rodriguez managed to avoid them and ran.

                 Human rights Activist
                      Jose Rodriguez

Rodriguez has at least a swollen jaw from the experience.  It is the second assault on Rodriguez in four years.

In a written statement, Rodriguez noted that he refuses to be bowed by the experience noting that because he is a bully and suicide prevention activist, he does not want to send out the message that adversity made him give up.

The police apparently called the incident a hate crime, but it was recorded as assault with terroristic threats made.

Rodriguez is a Navy veteran. In 2010, he was discharged from the military for being gay after he was drugged, raped and assaulted.

The current attack on him bears a similar structure to what are being called gang stalkings.