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Do you think this is true about Matthew Shepard?

Blog Last Activity 9 years ago 421 views 10 comments
<p>''Mathew Shepard was a meth head and meth dealer. He was killed over a drug debt. His death was not because he was gay. His killer was gay also.'' I've read comments like that all over the place</p>

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9 years ago

I relly hope he wasn't. I watched some films and documentaries on him and I cried. I really wish it was me and not him! I would give anything

TheBurrhead
TheBurrhead
9 years ago

Mathew Shepard WAS NOT a drug user or dealer. His attacker was NOT gay. They were homophobic punks who beat him ruthlessly to death and hung him on a fence..

BATTLEFIELD3
BATTLEFIELD3
9 years ago

Tabloid journalist pimping his trade to make a slutty buck off of cold blooded murder. After all of these years who would bother reading such trash. If it had been over drugs they would simply have simply killed him and not tied him to a fence for torture.

9 years ago

At the trial that McKinney fellow claimed 'gay panic' and other similar homophobic defences....Now people are supposed to believe that despite his terror of being molested/sodomised by a gay male - he was actually on "Drug Patrol" at the time...protecting the Nation's youth against this insidious drug meth.

9 years ago

I concur with the rest of you---complete BS to try and make Matthew look as bad as possible. Disgusting!

9 years ago

I agree with the first 3 comments, it's all complete bullshit.

9 years ago

Complete BS. This was manufactured by the defense to divert the attention away from what it was; that it was a hate crime, and not a drug deal gone bad. By attempting to make Matthew appear like a drug dealer, he would've attracted less sympathy and would've in the eyes of most, "deserved it". That way it would've appeared "less heinous" than it actually was. The court didn't buy it.

9 years ago

No I don't believe it..in fact is just saw a film about him called Matthew Shepard was a Friend of Mine. Lots of videos and stuff from friends of his from school....

9 years ago

There is a book called "The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard" which claims what you quoted is true. However, there are other sources which claim that the book is wrong. Another perspective is "Debunking Stephen Jimenez's Effort To De-Gay Matthew Shepard's Murder" which you can read at http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/10/02/debunking-stephen-jimenezs-effort-to-de-gay-mat/196229 As far as I am concerned, Matthew Shepard was brutally tortured and murdered because he was gay, and that murderers were anti-gay haters.