KXLY. “And then I was walking towards the area where my bus picks up.” “I turned around, he pushed me, and then I pushed him back.
And he got closer, and he punched me. And then he continued from there, then I had taken his glasses off him to try and get him away,” Ring told station KREM.The attack left Ring with marks and bruises on his face.
Students shared the video of the attack across Snapchat.Ring’s mother, Sara Ring, told KREM she believes her son was attacked because he’s trans.“The conversation that we have always had about these kind of issues is to walk away, not make yourself a target, you know, especially when you're alone and not with family,” Sara Ring said.