Scott Wayne Smith was convicted of intimidation for his threat to residents of a complex for HIV-positive people.
A Portland, Ore., man has been convicted of second-degree intimidation, a hate crime, for threatening to kill gay men at a residence for HIV-positive people.
Scott Wayne Smith approached two men sitting outside an apartment complex August 13 and asked for a cigarette, and when they didn’t reply, he threatened to kill them, and the threat came with homophobic language, The Oregonian reports. Read More
