This is terrible!

Saw this on Perez…

Early this week, a man wearing a “No on 8″ button was beaten with a “Yes on 8″ lawn sign in Torrance, CA.

Police are characterizing the assault as a possible hate crime.

The beater, 23-year old Joseph Storm, is scheduled to appear in the Torrance Superior Court today, Wednesday, for arraignment on a felony charge of a hate crime assault and a misdemeanor count for interfering with another’s exercise of civil rights.

Authorities did not identify the victim.

However, it was mentioned that Storm had known the victim since junior high.

In the attack, Storm allegedly knocked the victim down with the Yes on 8 sign, then punched him in the face and choked him. He also called the victim a ‘derogatory name for homosexuals’ during the beating.

So sad.

Say NO to H8te!!!