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More on E.O. Green shooting

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A deadly clash of emotions before Oxnard shooting:

This is an article from the L.A. Times that is very in-depth about the shooting at E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard, CA. 15-year-old Larry King was shot and killed by 14-year-old Brandon McInerney. King was openly gay and was tormented about by McInerney. To stand up for himself King would mockingly flirt with McInerney when he was being bullied by him. This led to McInerney being teased for allegedly being gay which he wasn’t. Because of this McInerney shot and killed Larry King.

What I despise about the article is that it makes McInerney out to be a victim also because he had a hard life. Larry King had a hard life and had the extra stigma of being gay in a middle school. But instead of turning to violence to defend himself Larry King used his wits.

The only victim here is Larry King.

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9 responses to “More on E.O. Green shooting”

  1. BelchSpeak Avatar
    BelchSpeak

    Any mention of hate crimes charges yet? Surely there will be someone screaming about that. And will the same people who hate having kids charged as adults want this kid charged as an adult having committed a hate crime?

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  2. Trench Avatar
    Trench

    Already charged…

    https://thetrenchcoat.com/2008/02/15/eo-green-junior-high-shooter-has-hate-crime-tacked-on-to-murder-charge/

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  3. BelchSpeak Avatar
    BelchSpeak

    Durrr. I completely missed that discussion. But I do note the silence of the child crime defenders. So apparently, to such defenders, if you shoot a teacher, you shouldnt have to be tried as an adult. If its a twisted gay kid, hang ’em high. What about gay teachers?

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  4. Trench Avatar
    Trench

    He hasn’t been officially charged as an adult yet but when they do I bet the defense will be sexual harassment.

    Damn, I shouldn’t give them ideas. 😀

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  5. BelchSpeak Avatar
    BelchSpeak

    Sexual harrassment deserves a punch in the chops. Not a bullet.

    Why didn’t the school stop this child from provoking people with his crossdressing and provocative manner? At 14, such behavior is uncalled for.

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  6. Trench Avatar
    Trench

    Could you imagine if the shooter got his ass kicked by King instead? 😀

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  7. Endersdragon Avatar
    Endersdragon

    Okay just wondering, do you think the shooter was ever a victim? I mean being abused by your drug addicted parents is bound to mess anyone up quite a bit. If so many people used drugs near his mom is there any doubt that she probably took some sort of drugs when she was having him. Then when you take into account that DHS never looked into the allegations that he was being abused (which he no doubt was), comeon its hard not to see him as a victim at some point in time.

    Larry’s life was extremely hard too, much like the shit I have had to endure so many times before. It is so hard to describe how hard it is to be tortured day after day while having no refuge to come home too, no confidant to tell your problems too. I really do feel sorry for this boy, perhaps now more then ever before. I just really don’t see what good ending Brandon’s life will do. Make sure he is not a threat before he is ever released yes, give up on him, no.

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  8. Endersdragon Avatar
    Endersdragon

    Hmmm I think maybe thats what you are afraid of, that we may not choose our own destanies. At camp we had this boy who was a total kleptomanic (heck he even stole a water gun from me!). It wasn’t until you looked into this boys past and notice that his home life was crap (and I mean just about the worst possible homelife, abused every way imaginable from what my coworkers (who would know) have said) and you realize that he probably never had “property” until just a few years ago (maybe closer to 18 months, not sure how much “property” he had while he was staying at the RTC he stayed at, probably no more then would ever fit in a suit case) and now that he is coming into it he finds he likes it (face it we all had a “mine!” stage, just most of us had it when all we wanted was a dollar action figure or whatever). Theft is a serious crime is it not? Teenagers should no better then to steal right? Do we throw him in juve for a couple years, or even adult jail, the next time he does it?

    I realize this is quite a different example, no one was really all that hurt by any of it (though he did steal some quite valuable stuff for a bit allegedly), but this is an example of how we don’t really have any control over our destanies. Brandon was taught to solve his problems with violence… no doubt he probably saw a bit of gun violence growing up. No matter what you say, he is a victim too.

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  9. Steve Avatar
    Steve

    No matter which way you slice it it is the destruction of two young lives and there faimly and friends.

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