A gay couple in San Francisco is raising doubts about the response by cops to a hate-motivated attack they experienced in the citys Castro district.On July 30, Devin Shaffer was holding hands with his husband, Bee Kittipalo, as they walked through the San Francisco gayborhood where they reside. At around 10 pm on that Wednesday night, Shaffer got popped in the side of the head with an egg, he told the Bay Area Reporter. Related Slain trans woman deadnamed & misgendered by police: She needs to be recognized for who she was When he told off the group of teens who hit him, they called him an anti-gay slur and began to throw more eggs. It felt like a paintball, he said. Shaffer was hit behind his ear and neck, according to his husband. The couple called 911. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today SFPD officers arrived 15 minutes later, and according to Shaffer, they dissuaded me from a report because it would take more time for them.By Shaffers account, the responding officers gave him a choice: file a report then or allow the officers to pursue the suspects. Anxious to see his assailants caught, Shaffer chose the latter.But then Shaffer and his husband watched incredulously as officers took off in the opposite direction from where their attackers fled.When cops left the scene, they did not go in that direction, Shaffer said. The teens on bikes were going westbound, but the cops went eastbound.An accounting of the incident shared by SFPD backs up Shaffers recollection of events, to a point.Reached for comment, a police spokesperson said that body-worn camera video showed the officers offered to write a report, but told the victims that they could look for the suspects instead. Shaffer and Kittipalo said theyd prefer police try to apprehend the suspects.The spokesperson said, To me, it didnt feel like discouragement on the officers part to take the time to file a report. But the choice the couple was given, combined with officers heading away from where the suspects fled, indicated to Shaffer that, They had something more important to do. Thats how I took it.In fact, a report of the incident was produced at some point after the attack occurred, although SFPD didnt say when or by whom. It skirts the issue of the cops heading in the opposite direction from the perpetrators.Officers arrived on scene and met the reporting party who stated that a group of unknown juveniles on bicycles approached him and his husband, threw eggs at them and used homophobic slurs before fleeing westbound on 18th Street towards Noe, an SFPD Public Information Officer shared. Officers searched the area for the suspects to no avail. The reporting party declined medical treatment and further police action at the time of the call for service. Shaffer said hes at least grateful theres a public accounting of the attack, however it reached official records.I would say Im grateful they have all that information. Thats reassuring. What I was frustrated by was the language they used that was misleading. I was under the impression no report would be possible to make. That was the thing that upset me the most.The alleged assailants have yet to be apprehended.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.