It has been a year (since Lawrence King's death)

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Lawrence "Larry" King wasn't sexually harassing fellow eighth-grade student Brandon McInerney in the weeks leading up to King's shooting death, prosecutors contend in court documents.

McInerney was the aggressor, teasing the effeminate King for weeks and vowing to "get a gun and shoot" him, according to a prosecution brief. Multiple students provided accounts of a growing hostility between the two boys, the document shows.


Their dispute ended in tragedy a year ago today when McInerney allegedly armed himself with a .22-caliber revolver and shot King in the back of the head twice in an Oxnard classroom as the school day was beginning.

"In the days before the shooting, the defendant tried to enlist others to administer a beating to Larry," Deputy Dist. Atty. Maeve Fox wrote in a "statement of facts" filed with the brief. "When that failed for lack of interest, he decided to kill Larry."

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-king-mcinerney12-2009feb12,0,6130604.story

It is hard to believe it has been a full year. This would be my worst nightmare at work. I know many of you disagree but McInerney deserves to be tried as an adult.

[FreeState]

1. R.I.P. Larry - we will never forget n/t

[MNBrewer]

2. plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

[DarkTirade]

3. Has it really been that long?

[mitchtv]

4. I agree it is an adult crime

I suspect those against that also oppose hate crime laws (usually when it appies to Gays)