An Oregon man was charged with a federal hate crime after he allegedly used Grindr to attack a gay man, according to a news release from the United States Department of Justice.The criminal complaint in the case of the United States v.
Daniel Andrew McGee is sealed, but federal prosecutors in a November 16 news release alleged that McGee, of Springfield, Oregon, tried to kill his unnamed victim."McGee and his victim met using Grindr, a social media and networking application designed for, and used primarily by, gay men," federal prosecutors stated in the release. "On July 5, after agreeing to meet, McGee entered his victim's apartment and proceeded to assault the man with a wooden club over a period of several minutes.