Jesse Dirkhising, "Victim of a Gay-on-Straight Hate Crime"
Every online forum has been inundated with people who think that they are the ONLY one who has ever heard the story, It is rather pathetic. They never stop to think how THEY heard about it if it is such a deep, dark secret. The mythology of this story originated in a Washington Times article falsely implying that this so-called "hate crime" had been buried by the press due to "political correctness". The religious right political activists picked that up and have created an ever-more-elaborate conspiracy claiming that gays and lesbians are responsible for the "cover-up".
The basic story is that two pedophiles in an ongoing S&M relationship with a boy tied him up, raped him, and the boy died of asphyxiation because of the gag.
Quotes from the actual affidavit show several key points. First, the pedophiles were abusing girls as well as boys. It is pure coincidence that it was a boy that died rather than a girl.
Second, the boy was in an ongoing and voluntary sexual relationship with the perpetrator. As a minor, he could not legally give consent, so this still qualifies as statutory rape. However, it is clear that this type of "game" had been going on for some time.
Third, the boy died of "positional asphyxia." It was an accident that occurred as part of their rough sex practices. This was not first degree murder, nor was it a hate crime. It was certainly a horrendous crime (and would have been equally horrendous if one of the girl victims had died). The key to pedophilia is exercising control over the victim. It is more about power than about the sex of the victim. This example illustrates that quite clearly.
What is truly astounding is that this is the best that the anti-gay crowd can come up with to try and smear gays -- the accidental death of a boy being abused by pedophiles who also abused girls. If one of their female victims had been the one to die, it would never have made it out of the local newspapers. It would have been a three day wonder, rapidly forgotten.
Below are the appropriate exerpts from the following link, helpfully supplied by Joseph/Blacksheep.
This is still pretty serious stuff, though I have attempted to avoid the more graphic pieces of the affidavit.
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The search also revealed a five-page letter addressed "Hey Baby." The letter is signed by "Davie." In the letter, "Davie" describes seeing "Baby's" "little 10 year old blond whore" at her bus stop in the morning. "Davie" graphically describes how he can envision "Baby" engaging in various sexual acts with her
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The search also revealed handwritten texts on a legal pad. In those texts, the writer describes a man making a "fine crushed white powder" from "the small oddly purple colored pill." The writer describes him cutting the pill in ¼ sections so that he would have "enough to do this again in 4 hours or so, if he needed (or wanted!)." He then describes the man giving a nine year old girl a glass of milk with the pill powder mixed in. The writer then writes of the man laughing out loud "knowing in 20 minutes the pill dust he'd added would render her helpless and drunk..." He then describes in detail the man having the girl first masturbate and then perform oral sex on him.
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A detailed interview was conducted at the Rogers Police Department with defendant Josh Brown on September 27th, 1999 by Detective Sergeant Hayes Minor. Brown told Sgt. Minor that he and the victim had been sexually involved for approximately two months. Brown described the sexual acts as "games" and "playing: with the victim.
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When asked about Carpenter's knowledge of Brown's and the victim's sexual activities, Brown stated that Carpenter had walked in on the two in the past. After that occasion, Brown stated that he and Carpenter talked about Carpenter watching as the victim and Brown participated in sexual acts.
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On September 27th, 1999, an autopsy was conducted on the victim by the Arkansas State Medical Examiner. Preliminary results of the autopsy indicate the victim died of "positional asphyxia."
