Killed for being gay (Syracuse Post-Standard)

[OswegoAtheist]

Syracuse Man was Killed for Being Gay, Police Say

SYRACUSE, NY - Dwight R. DeLee shot and killed Moses "Teish" Cannon with a .22-caliber rifle Friday night because he didn't like that Cannon was openly gay, Syracuse police said.

Cannon, 22, and his brother, Mark Cannon, 18, both of 404 Arthur St., were shot as they sat in a car parked in front of 411 Seymour St., where they had been invited to a party. The bullet grazed the left arm of Mark Cannon, who was in the driver's seat, and hit Moses Cannon in the chest, police said.

Police have charged DeLee, 20, of 420 Gifford St., with second-degree murder. DeLee went into the home at 411 Seymour St. to get the rifle after guests at the party started "making profane and vulgar comments in regards to the sexual preference of our two victims," police Chief Gary Miguel said.

"There was no previous argument between these individuals, there was no previous fight, there was no bad blood," Miguel said. "Our suspect took a rifle and shot and killed this person, also wounding his brother, for the sole reason he didn't care for the sexual preference of our victim. Isn't that sad? Isn't that a sad situation that that's the sole reason why?

Unfortunately, Upstate NY has been very hostile to Hate Crime Legislation in the past. One case in point: a victim was beaten in Elmira, NY, while his attackers, who knew him to be gay, called him "faggot" and "queer." They were convicted of the assault, but acquitted on the hate crime charges :shrug:.

Oswego "Say No to H8" Atheist

[Muttocracy]

1. :(

[Rhythm]

2. I'm sure Huckabee and co. will say we still haven't bled enough...

I lived in Utica for about a year, and was less comfortable being 'out' up there than i was back home in Charlotte NC.