A CA jury has told us that these things were reason enough to put two bullets into Larry's head as they were unable to reach a unanimous decision and there was a mistrial. Teachers from the school came to testify for the defense to paint a picture of how Brandon had to endure the harassment from Larry. Ok... Teachers, if you witnessed it and let it happen or continue without doing something about it at the time, by proxy, your complacency guilt (or laziness) is STILL not reason enough for everyone to overlook the fact that two bullets ended a 15 year old's life.
I don't remember the last time I used bullets to solve the problem of girls/women flirting or making passes at me. You know why? Because I tell them I'm flattered but I'm GAY. That any adult juror would put a teenager's emotional immature embarrassment ahead of the life of his peer is repugnant and they should each take two bullets right through the eyes.
From the beginning, this was an epic fail of humanity from all parts & players... A 14 year old is not an adult. Wasn't that apparent from Brandon's problem solving skills? This other boy likes me? Oh Shit! Kill! So why put him on trial as an adult? The lame rhetoric, "If you're old enough to do the crime, you're old enough to do the time." is a cute little jingle, but it is not doing that boy any bit of good. The problems in our society that caused him to be how he is are not addressed in himself.
This incident was about ten years after Matthew Sheppard's death. We can just keep going along now, not actually changing or educating our society, and in ten more years, we can have the same torturing repeat of a faggot being offed because he expressed the normal, human feelings of wanting to be the apple of someone's eye. Maybe the next decade will get us into elementary school, and we'll just keep time running until we get to an age where our "majority" finds it appalling that a life was lost; that each life is equal; and a Valentine invitation from a member of the same sex is not sufficient justification to end the life of your peer.
