OXNARD, Calif. - Larry King was a gay eighth-grader who used to come to school in makeup, high heels and earrings. And when the other boys made fun of him, he would boldly tease them right back by flirting with them. That may have been what got him killed. On Feb. 12, another student, Brandon McInerney, 14, shot him twice in the head at the back of the computer lab at their junior high school, police say. he slaying of the 15-year-old boy has alarmed gay rights activists and led to demands that middle schools do more to educate youngsters about discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Police would not discuss McInerney's motive. But the day before the shooting, King told McInerney he liked him, eighth-grader Eduardo Segure told the Ventura County Star. If King had flirted with the other boy, "that can be very threatening to someone's ego and their sense of identity," said Jaana Juvonen, a psychology professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. McInerney was jailed on $770,000 bail on an adult murder charge that could put him behind bars for life. Prosecutors also filed a hate-crime enhancement, which could bring three more years if McInerney is found to have acted on the basis of the victim's race, religion, nationality or sexual orientation. full story - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23847511/
yeah, if i was in grade 8 and some flamboyantly gay kid was flirting me id be pretty shocked and my friends would probably tease me to hell. i know i wouldnt do something this drastic, but when you are in grade 8 your not really conscious of issues like homosexuality and how to deal with people of a different sexual orientation.
Oh geez, that's wrong. So what if he's gay, that guy didn't have to kill him but i would of probably be scared of him for life...
what wrongs with kids these days? Just pull out guns and starts killing. Does this only happen in the U.S?
That dude isn't gay.... he's more of a girl in a guy body. And I think the real question is how that 14 years old dude got a gun and how did he bring it to school. Also... that dead boy kinda brought it upon himself.... :/ He however never would deserve to die for this though.
get ur kids 2 do martial arts from kindergarten, lol then they'll be ready for any unprovoked attacks...
WTF cant believe u guys... So what if he's gay Oh what cos he flirts with u then thats it? Well it's his comeback from u homophobic bullies
y do they have to tease him? i hate kids that teases other kids. the last time a kid tease me, the kid and i were both fukedup.
teasing is just natural, but killing at a grade level itsn't... acting gay itsn't really unnatural if the person is actually gay, but then again, acting gay and making moves on the fellow student, that's kinda fukd up... even though no1 deserved to be killed.. especially not for that -_- hope the 8th grader gets 40-50 years in jail, although life is most common sense in this situation
now that is jst crossin the line - killin that boy cos hes gay....cant they be left alone 2 carry out their own business? Thats jst f***ed up...
Dude --- what is this world getting into?? I think the school and family should educate youth about equality and respect. Things that we are missing in the society!! Respect others and respect yourself.
