Multiple Vigils Held for Iowa Teen

[William769]

Mourners from across the state of Iowa gathered Thursday evening in memory of Marcellus Andrews, a 19-year-old Waterloo teen who was brutally beaten a week ago and later died of his injuries.

Though Andrews was called “faggot” by assailants, the Waterloo Police Department is not investigating the attack as a hate crime: Lt. Michael McNamee said in a Thursday statement that Andrews’ death “does not rise to the threshold required by Iowa code to indicate a bias-motivated crime.” No arrests have been made in the case.

The Des Moines Register reports that dancers, drummers, and flag bearers for a drill team that Andrews led at a local Baptist church were featured in the Waterloo rally, held on the same block where Andrews was attacked on the early morning of Aug. 19.

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/08/26/Multiple_Vigils_Held_for_Iowa_Teen/

[Rainbowreflect]

1. WTF!??!??! Not a hate crime. Who are they kidding????

This really, really pisses me off! :mad:

[_ed_]

2. "Not a hate crime"

I guess they were yelling "faggot" in a loving way while they beat him to death.

The good news is that now the citizens of this town know that their police are a bunch of bigoted pieces of shit.

[Amimnoch]

3. Forget hate crime, no arrests?!?!

Going off of the more detailed article linked off of the OP's link, I can see the POSSIBILITY that it wouldn't be a hate crime (since the article mentions that the dispute didn't even involve Marcellus, but that the people that murdered him were actually there from a previous dispute with one of his friends)...

But that aside, hate crime or not, this was still a MURDER. Apparently the police know enough to know what the fight was about, and who was involved, but there hasn't even been a fucking arrest yet?!?! WTF! Oh wait, possibly gay black young man.... nothing to see here (yes very bitter sarcasm intended)