{"id":16712,"date":"2014-01-29T02:01:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T02:01:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-01-29T02:01:56","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T02:01:56","slug":"Arrest-made-in-beating-of-Filipino-American-journalist-Randy-Gener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=16712","title":{"rendered":"Arrest made in beating of Filipino-American journalist, Randy Gener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Randy Gener, a Filipino-American editor, writer and artist was walking home on 17 January from a Broadway show party premiere when he was viciously punched in the face on West 54th Street in Manhattan, close to his home.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He was left in a pool of his own blood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree more minutes he would have been in his own bed,\u201d Mr Gener\u2019s partner Stephen Nisbet said to CBS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got hit really hard on the head so he suffered traumatic brain injuries,\u201d Mr Nisbet added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Gener has 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