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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 250 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

For anyone who doesn't know what happened that night, Jonathan and his husband were visiting their former house that had been burned down when they saw that their pet dog's skull had been placed on a fence for them to see. The couple began wailing out of desperation and terror, and that's when the neighbor showed up with a gun, yelling homophobic slurs. John's husband was to be shot when he pulled him away and took the bullet for him instead.

Not only were they terrorized, but also ambushed and killed in cold blood. John died doing the ultimate sacrifice. John is a hero.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 56 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Fucking hell. No hatred like religion and conservatism.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 136 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Don’t forget that they had received homophobic threats about burning their house down. I have zero doubt in my mind the murderer was just upset they didn’t die in the fire.

[–] raltoid@lemmy.world 138 points 3 days ago (4 children)

It was years of threats, mostly from the same guy that shot him. Cops ignored the reports, and then instantly declared that no hate crime was committed without investigating anything.

They didn't realize that he knew a-listers, tried to sweep it under the rug, and now they have an international spotlight on them

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 53 points 3 days ago

Yeah let’s see what it leads to. I’m not holding my breath. Having the international spotlight on you seems to mean very little today in the fascist infused homophobic mindset. A whole lotta fist shaking

[–] doublenut@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah, whats its name? What church does it spread its hate at? We need to keep ourselves safe, and right now, that means showing we arent weak.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Be crazy if the guys house just randomly caught fire.

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

well they did arrest him for murder

After the public outrage. Hes getting off on this.

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

The pigs are as responsible for this as the shooter is. ACAB.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 39 points 3 days ago

Okay, this one hurts on so many levels.

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 48 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Local police: boys being boys, no hate crime

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Legacy media: he was shot after an argument

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago

like i said before, it's not a hate crime because they loved doing it

_/s