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UPDATE on Houston Gay Teen Bashing: Hate Crime Charges and Disciplinary Action

There are new developments in the case of the 16-year-old black gay Houston high school student who was viciously attacked by a group of 8 students, one of whom wielded a metal pipe. Jayron Martin learned the boys were planning to attack him after his school bus ride and asked two principals and the bus driver to help. His pleas were ignored.

The criminal investigation: The 16-year-old pipe-wielding student has been arrested. There were no other arrests. Sources in Houston and at the Human Rights Campaign in Washington tell Rod 2.0 the suspect will be charged as an adult with assault and a hate crimes sentencing enhancement. Texas hate crimes law explicitly includes "sexual preference".

The administrative investigation: Source within the HRC Houston field operation reports disciplinary action is being taken against the bus driver:

When getting on the bus on Thursday PM, the 16 y.o. student told the bus driver he was going to be attacked because he was gay. The bus driver let the 16 y.o. student get off the bus with a crowd of aggressors. He was attacked with a metal yard sign by one individual while other watched/instigated the assault. Cy-Fair ISD [Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District] will likely be terminating the employment of the bus driver that let the 16 y.o.student get off the bus with a crowd exiting behind him.

The HRC memo adds "Cy-Fair ISD is performing an internal investigation to determine if the situation was handled appropriately by administrators." Jayron Martin's mother has reportedly retained legal counsel.

Background: 
Black Gay Teen Beaten with Pipe

Thanks RG and Dave in Houston

Black Gay Teen Beaten with Pipe; Principals, Bus Driver Ignored Pleas

Sixteen-year-old Jayron Martin, a student at Langham Creek High School outside Houston, was viciously attacked by a group of pipe-wielding students on November 12 because he is gay. The student says he learned the boys were planning to attack him after his school bus ride and asked two principals and the bus driver to help. Martin's pleas were ignored.

After that fateful school bus ride, Jayron was indeed chased off the bus by eight students. "I was just running for my life and nobody was like there at all. Nobody was doing anything for me,” said Martin. The boy was assaulted for seven minutes by with a student wielding a metal pipe while the others watched. The horrific attack was stopped by a property owner who scared the gang away with a shotgun.

Says Martin: "All they kept saying was, ‘We going to get you. We going to fight you,’ and all that and so when they started coming after me they were like, ‘You’re not going to be gay anymore.’ They just kept hitting me."

Jayron Martin suffered a concussion, cuts and bruises. He fears for his life and does not want to return to school. The 16-year-old who beat him has been arrested. There have been no other arrests. 

Martin's mother is considering a lawsuit against the school and administrators. I'd say add the parents of the students, and the bus driver. 

Watch KHOU's report AFTER YOU JUMP.