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Post by: Shana A on March 23, 2008, 11:56:16 AM
Post by: Shana A on March 23, 2008, 11:56:16 AM
Mixed Messages
Weeks before he was brazenly killed by his teenage crush, 15-year-old Lawrence King was encouraged to be himself. Did that lesson help send him to his grave?
By Neal Broverman
Excerpted from The Advocate April 8, 2008
Mixed Messages
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid52689.asp (http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid52689.asp)
At 8:15 a.m. on February 12, Brandon McInerney, age 14, stormed into the computer lab of Oxnard, Calif.'s E.O. Green Junior High. Armed with a small caliber handgun, he shot 15-year-old Lawrence King twice in the head in front of a roomful of students.
Weeks before he was brazenly killed by his teenage crush, 15-year-old Lawrence King was encouraged to be himself. Did that lesson help send him to his grave?
By Neal Broverman
Excerpted from The Advocate April 8, 2008
Mixed Messages
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid52689.asp (http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid52689.asp)
At 8:15 a.m. on February 12, Brandon McInerney, age 14, stormed into the computer lab of Oxnard, Calif.'s E.O. Green Junior High. Armed with a small caliber handgun, he shot 15-year-old Lawrence King twice in the head in front of a roomful of students.