March 29th, 2007
From a surprising twist, the Detroit News reports that Andrew Anthos may not have been attacked after all:
Medical Examiner Dr. Carl Schmidt said evidence did not support the report of an attack on Anthos and said a head injury likely came from falling.
Anthos suffered from a degenerative condition known as spinal stenosis. Anthos probably flexed his neck, which caused arthritic spurs to compress his spinal cord enough to paralyze his legs, the Detroit Free Press reported. After surgery, the paralysis spread through his body, and he died of respiratory failure, the medical examiner said.
This is sure to come as stunning news to many who followed the reports last month. Police had been looking for a man who had reportedly hit Anthos in the back of the head with a pipe after verbally assaulting him on a bus about his sexuality. Investigators were publicly treating the incident as a hate crime. Based on an eyewitness, they had even released a composite sketch of the suspect. At this point, it’s somewhat unclear how all of this could have happened.
Investigators now say the case will be closed due to a lack of evidence. Meanwhile, Anthos’ family continues to believe that he died due to injuries from an attack. This latest report clearly raises far more questions than it answers. Stay tuned.
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Emproph
March 30th, 2007
Clearly another instance of the ‘radical homosexual agenda’ not acknowledging the truth until they become aware of it.
David M
March 30th, 2007
Emproph,
At least the ‘radical homosexuals’ will acknowledge new persuasive information and distribute it as it comes. This is more than can be said for the opposition who strongly tend towards believing anything favoring the anti-gay god position, and completely censoring, prohibiting, and denying anything that negates it.
Those who support the anti-gay god don’t want to hear that their power is based on abuse.
Gays have every reason to be sensitive and vigilant to possible hate crimes. Gays are allowed to make mistakes sometimes because most instances are NOT false alarms.
Emproph
March 30th, 2007
I probably should have put a smiley on that, at least in parentheses ( :-) ). I was just trying to get ahead of the anti-gay curve on the story.
That way when they “come up with” the same line in response, we can then make the claim that the gay agendaâ„¢ is indeed in fact behind the anti-gay agenda.
What better strategy than to spin their stories before they do?
Well, it’s a thought. :-)
Timothy Kincaid
March 30th, 2007
In an illustration of pure class:
It appears that Mr. Anthos believed, and told to his family, that he had been struck. There is no question whatsoever that he had been harassed.
The report is that Mr. Anthos’ neck pinched a nerve which paralyzed his legs. Perhaps this was not due to being hit with a pipe (though his family remains convinced that he was struck). But there may well be a cause / result relationship with the harassment and whatever altercation took place after he was followed off the bus.
Or is the coroner declaring that he wasn’t harassed or followed as well as not being hit?
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