Part 2 is on youtube but its not the offical ABC video so the sound quality isn't as good
Asked why he didn't report straight away, he says pride and didn't want to be seen as weak as he thinks that gay men are often seen as weak which they are not.
He says it took the police about a half hour to come.
Then theres a photo at 0.43 with the other side of his face, theres another abrasion and a little cut on his other cheek and he says that there is a bruise on his neck which he describes as "rope burn".
Then he says he smelled bleach and he noticed some spots on his sweatshirt. He kept the clothes on, he kept the rope on. He says the rope wasn't wrapped around but it was around to "let them see to see what this was".
When the police arrived he says he asked them to turn their body cams off because they just wanted to stay in the hallway and he didn't want a big scene with his neighbors. With the second round of police officers he went down with them to where it happened and he looked up and there was a camera directly on the light post in the intersection where he crossed. However it turns out the camera inside the casing was facing north and didn't capture it which he describes as "disappointing".
He defends his decision to go to subway at 2am, says thats what its there for.
The camera facing North "how is that my issue". He says it feels like if he had said it was a muslim or mexican or black person he feels like the doubters would have supported him more "and that says a lot about where we are in our country now".
Says they wanted him to give his phone to the "tech" for 3-4 hours "I'm sorry I'm not gonna do that". says he has private pictures and videos and numbers, private emails, songs, voice memos. He says by then false statements had been put forward.
His attorneys say hes willing to cooperate vis a vis the phone records.
Says the MAGA hats thing is inaccurate, says he doesn't need to embellish what happened. Says the idea its a date gone wrong is offensive, says he used to be on Grindr but hasn't been in years.
Says they did x-rays but nothing was broken he was just in pain, his clavicle was "messed up" his rib was bruised but he walked in and out of hospital.
Robin asks why he was targeted? He says he assumes its because hes been outspoken against Trump and his administration and doesn't hold his tongue. Asks what he thought about Trumps comments on his attack, he says he appreciates he didn't brush over it.
Robin asks if theres any doubt in his mind what motivated the attack? He says no. He says he "will never be the man that this didn't happen to. I am forever changed and I don't subscribe to the idea that everything happens for a reason but that we have the right and responsibility to make something meaningful out of the things that happen to us good and bad".
