Gay Fashion Photographer Blinded With Gasoline in Suspected Hate Crime
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[QUOTE]A photographer who was left blind in one eye after an apparent homophobic attack spoke last night of his ambition to carry on with his career despite his handicap.Tyler Maddick, 20, said he was called a “faggot” before petrol was thrown in his face as he walked home from a night out in Swansea last week.
The freelance photographer, who studied at the London College of Fashion, had only moved back to the Welsh city recently. “It’s made me more cautious when before I wasn’t so,” he told The Independent.
“I’m bit wary now. Before I had that attitude ‘it would never happen to me’, and obviously it has and... in the worst way possible. I’m only just getting used to it. I’ve realised just how bad the situation was.”
Mr Maddick said he has spent the days since the attack adjusting to life with only partial vision. “I have to be a lot more careful... I have to look properly and make sure people aren’t coming. My balance is a bit off but I’m gradually adjusting to it.”
The photographer says he was targeted by a group of three or four men who he thinks “picked up on” his sexuality.
South Wales Police are appealing for witnesses of the attack which happened as he walked home after dropping a friend at the railway station.
“About 11 o’clock, a car pulled up behind me at a roundabout and [I heard] the word ‘faggot’. The next thing I know I’ve got this liquid in my face.
“A few minutes later I started to feel this burning sensation in my eye and I realised my phone at the time was out of battery [power], so I had to run home.”
Unable to ring for help on the way he cared for his eye at home, bathing it in water before calling NHS Direct.
When he went to hospital the following day he was given the devastating news about the loss of his sight.
“The nurse and a junior doctor just sat me down, and said: ‘Look, it doesn’t look as if your eye is going to get any better.’”
But Mr Maddick, who had reduced sight in his eye from an infection said he is determined not to let the attack stop him from pursuing a career in photography.
Andrew Davies, from LGBT Unity Project Wales, said: “I really can’t understand the mentality of somebody doing something like this. This is specifically a really nasty hate crime.”[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/gay-hate-crime-photographer-tyler-maddick-pledges-to-carry-on-working-9734494.html[/url]
That's fucked up.
that is so not fabulous.
[quote]“About 11 o’clock, a car pulled up behind me at a roundabout and [I heard] the word ‘faggot’. [/quote]
Alright boys, it could be any 14 year old with an xbox live subscription, lets get to work.
At least he can carry on with his profession.
-snip, the joke was disrespectful-
[QUOTE=BackSapper;46105852]At least he can carry on with hiw profession. He only needs one eye to look through a camera.
Lucky him, he doesnt even need to close an eye now![/QUOTE]
Ironically, you would have to be blind to proper sensibility as a whole to make a 'joke' this insensitive.
guy gets blinded by hate attack?
better make sick gamer jokes and rake in those sweet, sweet ratings
[QUOTE=ZakkShock;46105675]that is so not fabulous.
Alright boys, it could be any 14 year old with an xbox live subscription, lets get to work.[/QUOTE]
not only did you shitpost hard enough to bring 14 year olds into this, but you also made a gay joke and brought consoles into it for no reason
I can tell you must not care about gays much. it just makes you seem like a really ignorant person.
ironically only 14 year olds make 'fabulous' jokes unironically
[QUOTE=BackSapper;46105852]At least he can carry on with hiw profession.
-snip, the joke was disrespectful-[/QUOTE]
PSA: snipping won't help if somebody's already quoted the post. Try to be a bit more understanding about this kind of thing, please. There's a time and a place for silly jokes.
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;46105867]Ironically, you would have to be blind to proper sensibility as a whole to make a 'joke' this insensitive.[/QUOTE]
Yeah. Apologies, I was trying to one-off a joke.
It's a horrible situation. If his eye wasnt infected and properly cared for, he would be fine. Hopefully they can find the guys who dumped petrol on him.
Jesus, petrol can completely blind your eye?
I mean it's obvious it's nasty shit and definitely nothing to drink but I didn't think you could literally lose sight from a splash of it.
At least they didn't set him on fire afterwards (and don't even think about making a flamboyancy joke)
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;46105976]PSA: snipping won't help if somebody's already quoted the post. Try to be a bit more understanding about this kind of thing, please. There's a time and a place for silly jokes.[/QUOTE]
Yeah i understand that...
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;46105982]Jesus, petrol can completely blind your eye?
I mean it's obvious it's nasty shit and definitely nothing to drink but I didn't think you could literally lose sight from a splash of it.
At least they didn't set him on fire afterwards (and don't think about making a flamboyancy joke)[/QUOTE]
If enough of it gets into the eye, the chemical injury can be sufficient to cause blindness due to corneal abrasion. The prognosis is worse if the deeper layers are involved (beyond layer 3 out of 5, especially if it reaches 4, or the Descemet's membrane.)
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;46105982]Jesus, petrol can completely blind your eye?
I mean it's obvious it's nasty shit and definitely nothing to drink but I didn't think you could literally lose sight from a splash of it.
At least they didn't set him on fire afterwards (and don't even think about making a flamboyancy joke)[/QUOTE]
He would have been a real flamer if that had happened.
Calm down nerds we're on the internet and someone's going to make a joke related to a headline in some way shape or form. That doesn't mean we're all thrilled that a guy ended up blind in a hate crime and it doesn't mean gays are evil. Sometimes people make fucked up jokes. Comedians do it all the time. Live a little.
edit: to the people who are going to not laugh at fucked up jokes on the internet of all places
[QUOTE=RainbowPillows;46106056]Calm down nerds we're on the internet and someone's going to make a joke related to a headline in some way shape or form. That doesn't mean we're all thrilled that a guy ended up blind in a hate crime and it doesn't mean gays are evil. Sometimes people make fucked up jokes. Comedians do it all the time. Live a little.
edit: to the people who are going to not laugh at fucked up jokes on the internet of all places[/QUOTE]
Just because the "joke" was made on the internet doesn't suddenly make saying it okay.
This thread went to shit pretty damn quick.
So a hate crime happened and an innocent man is getting slowly blind, and his career is in ruin.
The comments of some of the people here are making me sick, this isn't funny you disgusting fucks. Go shitpost someplace else.
Hope they get caught.
Happy to hear he was only blinded in 1 eye, expected him tobe blinded in both. Least he can still see.
Just physical contact between the eyes and petrol can cause permanent blindness? I did not know this.
Welp, not touching my face with petrol in my hands anymore.
[QUOTE=Cakebatyr;46106658]Just physical contact between the eyes and petrol can cause permanent blindness? I did not know this.[/QUOTE]
Petroleum is really nasty stuff. I've heard of older folks using it to get grease and such off their hands. I imagine it can do some pretty serious damage on a sensitive part of the body.
[QUOTE=Demache;46106723]Petroleum is really nasty stuff. I've heard of older folks using it to get grease and such off their hands. I imagine it can do some pretty serious damage on a sensitive part of the body.[/QUOTE]A lot of the stuff in petrol has solvent properties, even some put in there deliberately to help keep the engine clean. There's toluene, benzene, MTBE and ethanol, for starters (present in varying amounts depending on type of petrol).
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;46105976]There's a time and a place for silly jokes.[/QUOTE]
That's probably the reason he snipped it.
God, I hope this doesn't happen to me in the future. Or something similar.
I got petrol in my eye once, was working on my gas powered blower. I immediately flushed my eyes for about five minutes with cool water. I'm surprised it took him minutes before he felt the burning. Poor guy.
[QUOTE=RichyZ;46106447]imagine walking into a crowd of black people and saying "lol i hate niggers" then saying it was a joke and they need to calm down[/QUOTE]
if someone does that for real and gets their ass beat I'd shrug and laugh
[QUOTE=ZakkShock;46105675]that is so not fabulous.
Alright boys, it could be any 14 year old with an xbox live subscription, lets get to work.[/QUOTE]
Hah hah it's funny because xbox live!
If you're gonna make these jokes can they be clever at least
Well the silver lining is he only lost one eye so far, if that's all he loses his career may not go to shit entirely.
Other silver lining is literal piles of money if the perpetrator get caught.
[QUOTE=Ganerumo;46112464]Well the silver lining is he only lost one eye so far, if that's all he loses his career may not go to shit entirely.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, you can still take photos fine with one eye. Plus his right eye is fine, which is generally the one you look through a viewfinder with
[QUOTE]"[B][I]Look[/I][/B], it doesn't [I][B]look[/B][/I] as if your eye is going to get any better."[/QUOTE]
huehue doc... I just lost an eye.
[quote]“A few minutes later I started to feel this burning sensation in my eye..."[/quote]
wtf, either that was shittest petrol ever or he's really bad at feeling pain.
When I got petrol in my eyes it was at first a wet cool feeling followed by an extreme burning pain in only a few seconds.
I was unable to open my eyes, and to make matters worse I was by myself in a car park. Screaming for help and looking like a retard is something I wish never happened but it beats getting hit by a car.
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