OK, well the homo in this case did none of that - other than teasing (which apparently went both ways in this case).
If she were just teased - do you think she would have been justified in shooting from behind in the head those who teased her - possibly in a sexual manner or upon a sexual subject?
Does verbal abuse alone (in this case losing a verbal jousting match that the shooter willingly engaged in repeatedly over time) justify cold blooded murder?
Why of course it doesn’t. Sounds to me like the jury is stuck on “hate crime” rather than on “murder.” This “hate crime” nonsense never belonged in the legal lexicon.
“If she were just teased - do you think she would have been justified in shooting from behind in the head those who teased her - possibly in a sexual manner or upon a sexual subject?”
Apples and oranges. She was being heterosexually harrassed, so the element of homosexuality wasn’t present. In this 14 year old boy’s case, his very masculinity was being attacked while he was just experiencing puberty big time, a traumatic event for most young kids going into their teens. I maintain most men have an innate and deep aversion to homosexuality, a revulsion for it. And today’s PC society is trying to shove it down men’s throat that they must tolerate and accept that which they basically loathe.
I believe it is a natural reaction to want to repulse such gay advances, and depending on the boy/man, that repulsion can vary in degrees. I wouldn’t tempt a very manly man or a very disturbed, confused teen with advanced homosexual flirting. It’s playing with fire, as this transexual male found out. That fire killed him. Human instincts are what they are, and red blooded males don’t like and don’t want to tolerate overt homosexuality.
Schools should not allow such overt homo displays; those that do it should be kicked out of the schools. The aberration is not with the heterosexual males, it is with the homosexual ones who make up less than 1@ of the U.S. population (although homo’s would have you believe the percentages are higher; they lie. This is what I think, and I’m sticking to it. Anyone who is honest will agree with what I have said here. Sorry, not giving into your PC baloney.