15 Year Old Boy Shot and Killed in Class Because He Was Gay

This is horrible, but it also goes beyond simple intolerance. To think that it's OK to bring a gun to school and shoot someone just because you don't like them? WTF?

 

This is so horrible omg. Why would someone throw their whole life away to rot in prison becuase a guy dressed like a girl? its horrible!!! I greave for the family of this boy (the one who got shot, not the jackass who did it)

 

It's nothing unheard of now.
I'd honestly rather not come out at school.

 

You just heard about this???? I herd it bout a week ago!

N E wayz...

Yeah, it makes me sick, you shoot a kid because he is gay.....GET THE FUCK OVER IT AND MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE...NO NEED TO RUIN ANOTHER KID'S!

 

I heard about it a around a month ago . . .

Yeah, this shows the failure of our schools in a lot of ways.

 

Yea, it's horrible, isn't this day of silence dedicated to him?

Just shows how much of a failure the teachers are in that school. (no offense, but seriously)

 

Truely sickening. Schools are usually some of the most homophobic places, in my opinion. It's so sad, I think more should be done to encourage acceptance in schools, but I guess that's not going to happen anytime soon. :icon_sad:

 

When I first heard about this, I was in shock. I couldn't believe what I heard but then again, I could. Humans are so cruel to one another just for not being "normal" or the same as they are. It's such a shame this young life had to be taken away for ignorance and stupidity. All he was doing was being himself. This isn't the first time something like that has happened, and sadly, I don't think this will be the last time. :icon_sad:

 

I saw this on Elen Degeneres....however you spell her name! It was on for like 2 mins...but very very sad!

 

The Lawrence King story is incredibly sad...

Story for you:
Last year at my high school, a FAKE gun threat got called in. Zero actual violence. The cops, fire dept, swat time, *National News* as well as local news showed up.
It was a scary thing and deserved a reaction from police, obviously...

But I never hear what happened to Lawrence King classified as "school shooting". The CNN website has one story, that being the one right after it happened with no details about why it happened..
A fifteen year old boy is dead

Not so much recently, but Ellen Degeneres has for the most part been fairly conservitive in regards to sexuality on her show. She spent a few mintutes talking about the shooting. How often is it that Ellen has to make personal announcements like that? She shouldn't have to.

 

Sorry.../rant

 

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Such a terrible story ; ;

One aspect of this confuses me:

The additional punishment for it being a hate crime doesn't seem to scale with the crime committed. Life +3 years?

Regardless, no punishment is severe enough for this 14 year old. I really, really hope he gets life in prison...I've always felt that death is far more lenient of a sentence than life. I know that sounds vindictive, but hell, if we have kids shooting their fellow students based on their sexual preference, they need to be made an example of.