ABC plans to debunk Matthew Shepard's killing!

[Rick Munroe]

His killers had a "gay panic" defense, but are now suddenly changing their story to a "drug deal gone wrong"? Will the implication be that gay activists exploited his murder and made it all about homophobia for political reasons? It's pretty outrageous. Here's the story:

 

(from the advocate.com)

ABC News is set to air an investigative piece that looks into whether the brutal killing of college student Matthew Shepard was motivated primarily by a combination of crystal meth and robbery--not the fact that he was gay, a network spokesman tells Advocate.com.

 

The death of the 22-year-old Shepard--who was beaten, tied to a fence post, and left to die near Laramie, Wyo., in 1998--sparked outrage and activism by gay rights groups across the country. The killers, Aaron McKinney and Russell A. Henderson, are serving consecutive, double life sentences.

 

"I think we discovered that there were some new facts relating to the case and wanted to explore that," said ABC News spokesman Jeffrey Schneider of the 20/20 report that will air on November 26. The segment will explore Laramie's underground world of meth and whether or not Shepard knew his killers. "I think that mugging and crystal meth are the two possible things that we're exploring," Schneider said. He declined to comment who the piece suggests was on meth.

 

"We saw the press release, and it definitely raised our eyebrows," Glennda Testone, spokeswoman for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, told Advocate.com. She declined to comment further until the piece has aired.

 

Sirius/OutQ commentator Romaine Patterson, one of Shepard's close friends, told the New York Post, "Does it make Aaron McKinney and Russell A. Henderson any less guilty of the crime they committed? Absolutely not. You just don't kick someone in the crotch over and over again unless you have a real problem with their sexuality. To imply otherwise, in my opinion, is irresponsible, and I think it's irresponsible to be giving a voice to two very guilty men."

 

The interviews with McKinney and Henderson likely violate the plea agreements the two men signed at their sentencing, according to the newspaper. The men agreed never to talk to the media about the case as part of the agreement that spared them the death penalty. Henderson's lawyer, Tim Newcomb, did not return calls by the newspaper seeking comment.

[Lankypeters]

And yesterday several stations cancelled showings of "Saving Private Ryan." I don't think it's paranoid to suggest that the Bush/Rove putsch is well underway. The next four years will make the McCarthy era look like a picnic.

 

And isn't it curious that the elevated security alert for the financial districts in NY and NJ were lowered this week? And why did the Osama tape appear the Saturday before the election? All to remind us that W is making the world a safer place. Voters bought it -- a majority polled after voting said there really were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and Hussein was in league with Bin Laden.

 

Right. Orwell was off by only 20 years.

 

Lankypeters

[Candyman]

The shame of it all is that these two killers can even speak.

They should be 6 feet under ground and burning in hell

[Guest showme43]

God help us now that the evangelical Nazis' have both feet firmly in the door...Georgia and Texas groups again debunking evolution. Guess all those fossils were fabricated and buried by some liberal! x(

[Fin Fang Foom]

>I don't think it's paranoid to suggest that

>the Bush/Rove putsch is well underway.

 

 

Actually, it is paranoid.

 

Seek professional help.

 

Calmly yours,

 

FFF