Roger Hannigan Gilson reports at The Other Hudson Valley that a fight in Hudson July 15 began with a gay man being called a “faggot” while leaving a Warren Street store, according to the victim’s friend. The gay man was badly beaten according to Justin Weaver, a former volunteer programmer at WGXC. Police said the victim was sent from the scene at Second and Warren streets by ambulance to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, then to Albany Medical Center. “My friend was called a faggot, and [my friend] asked what the guy said, and the guy repeated himself, and that’s how everything began,” Weaver said. Hudson police and The Other Hudson Valley also have seen video footage of the incident, and there are eyewitnesses too. The alleged assailant, not yet identified by police, was arrested nearby and charged with second-degree assault, a class C felony. Read more about this story at The Other Hudson Valley