Family of Gay Man ‘Found Left for Dead’ Say Police are Conducting a ‘Smear Campaign’
The family of a gay man found nearly dead next to train tracks in Truckee, California, have said that the police are conducting a “smear campaign” by claiming the alleged hate crime was an “attempted suicide.” Aaron Salazar, a 22-year-old student at Portland State University, was found left for dead near the tracks in the station at Truckee, California, on May 15. He had been travelling from Colorado to Oregon just before the incident. Authorities from Amtrak – a long-distance passenger rail service that runs across North America – who are investigating the case have suggested the incident was an attempted suicide, but Salazar’s family believe […]