Gay Man Stabbed, Stripped, Killed for Accidentally Breaking Sunglasses

These stories send shivers down my spine. I don’t like it. :’(

Yet another hate crime in my state, when will this crap end?!

My thoughts exactly, they need to get this recognized as a hate crime in addition to murder NOT just manslaughter.

I’m right there with ya, unfortunately we still have a long way to go before all of the hatred will be eradicated… I hope it may happen some day in my lifetime. 

I’m right there with ya, unfortunately we still have a long way to go before all of the hatred will be eradicated… I hope it may happen some day in my lifetime. 

This is a shame. In 2012 we are still dealing with this mess. SMH

it seems almost worse that it wasn’t premeditated. At least if it were premeditated, there’d be a reason propelling that individual to commit murder. So, basically we have an individual that loses it over broken sunglasses and kills someone. Id rather have a premeditated killer on the streets before I’d have someone that could snap at anything like that and just do it again. 

they killed the guy it should be murder maybe not 1st degree but definately murder and the hate crime in there but not manslaughter

Locked up, now! That guy sounds like he belongs in a freakin mental asylum… Killing someone over something as trivial as that? REALLY?

Uh sunglasses broken = death ? Really ? Very sad

MANSLAUGHTER??!  This is outrageous.  OK, I’m no lawyer so please correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t manslaughter kind of meant for when you accidentally kill someone in a definitely malicious way?  For example, if you get in a fistfight with someone and they end up dying because of it, on accident, isn’t that what manslaughter is supposed to be?  They STABBED him.  Someone actually went to the trouble of somehow obtaining and pulling out a knife and using it on his body.  That is MURDER, and I would think that alone should automatically bump up the charge (if I’m not totally confused on the definition of manslaughter).  You don’t ACCIDENTALLY kill someone with a knife, especially if it’s not self defense.  

And why did they strip him??  What was the point of that?  Disgusting.

Oh god, and his mother was the one who found him.  That’s pretty much the worst thing in the world.  :’(  God I hope they find justice.  

we don’t have sexual orientation as hate crime here in michigan

Unfortunately as I have seen from many cases sexual orientation is not considered a protected status.  Until it is then they won’t view crimes against homosexuals as a hate crime.  It’s sickening but that’s what the long and short of it is.  That’s why we need more people to take a stand against violence against people for any reason.  There are no excuses.

i misss you cuzzz so much rip cuzzz 

According to Wikipedia (take that as you will):
“Second Degree Murder” is a murder that is not premeditated or planned in advance.
“Voluntary Manslaughter” [...] is any intentional killing that involved no prior intent to kill, and which was committed under such circumstances that would “cause a reasonable person to become emotionally or mentally disturbed.” [...]

How is “getting your sunglasses stepped on” a circumstance that would cause a “reasonable person” to become “emotionally or mentally disturbed”?  This was murder, through and through.  Shame on you, Detroit (referring to the officials, not the citizens!)

omg that is horrible maybe you should start getting people involved to have hate crimes based on sexual orientation

What the he11 is wrong with the prosecutors in Michigan that they don’t charge the attackers with more serious charges? Seems at least 2nd Degree Murder would be warranted for a two-on-one attack. Many prosecutors are reluctant to charge as hate crimes because juries tend to have a problem convicting what they see as ‘thought crime’ and cases have been lost. But at least charge appropriately for the actual violence that was committed.