Classmates remember murdered Larry King

[ccharles000]

(Oxnard, California) Tears flowed openly as dozens of students held a vigil Thursday night to remember Larry King, the 15-year-old gay student who was gunned down by a classmate one year ago.

Fifteen-year-old Brandon McInerney has been charged as an adult with murder as a hate crime. At the time King was killed, McInerney was 14.

The vigil was organized by E.O. Green Junior High in Oxnard.

In Congress on Thursday, Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-CA) introduced a resolution to honor the life of King.

“Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),” the resolution said, “That Congress honors the life and remembers and condemns the murder of Lawrence King; encourages efforts to address anti-lesbian, -gay, -bisexual and -transgender name-calling, bullying, harassment and discrimination on school campuses; encourages trainings to enable school staff to identify and address anti-lesbian, -gay, -bisexual and -transgender name-calling, bullying, harassment and discrimination effectively and in a timely manner; encourages the implementation of age-appropriate, inclusive curricula to help students understand and respect difference within the school community and society as a whole; encourages each State, city, and local education authority to adopt laws and policies to prohibit name-calling, bullying, harassment and discrimination against students, teachers and other school staff regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.”

King, 15, often dressed in a feminine manner and told friends that he was gay. He was shot in the head during a morning class at an Oxnard school in February. More than 20 other students were in the room at the time. McInerney was arrested shortly after the shooting.

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[myrna minx]

1. My heart aches for him and for all those who have been torn from us to do vicious hate crimes.

Thank you Congresswoman Capps. RIP Larry.

[bobbolink]

2. ...

:cry: :patriot: :cry:

[Turbineguy]

3. Let's see...

I'm trying to remember what pissed me off when I was 14....

The French language instructor was kind of tough... the Lady that ran the coffee urn would only give me one cup... some of the girls were kinda weird. Oh yeah, I skinned my knee on the frozen ground during field hockey.

It's really a terrible thing. For everybody.

[Blue_Tires]

4. 5th rec

i'll be keeping an eye on the trial if it ever starts...

[TK421]

5. This is rapidly becoming an all-too-common occurence....

My heart goes out to that family..I don't understand how they could get past something like this. If that were a relative of mine, I would want blood

[Leftist Agitator]

6. And the Irony of Ironies is...

That the perpetrator will almost certainly end up having homosexual encounters during his decades of imprisonment, consensual or otherwise.

Life is weird like that sometimes...

Rest in Eternal Peace, Larry King. Your death will not be in vain forever.

[FloridaJudy]

7. Two lives destroyed by homophobia

His killer was 14 years old, and I doubt very much that he was born hating gays. That kind of virulent hatred has to be cultivated.

The ones who spew this venom will probably never be forced to pay for it. Sad. Just sad.