It’s Happened Again

Just 3 months after the brutal and upsetting murder of gay Liverpool teenager Michael Causer, there’s been another homophobically motivated crime, this time resulting in the death of 28 year old Woolwich man, David Cooper.  Police were called to his home (which should have been his sanctuary) after friends reported finding his body.  More on this atrocious incident can be read here.

You’d like to think that whatever the thought processes involved in killing one person purely and simply for being gay, would be few and far between in people and that it couldn’t happen again.  I can remember hearing about the murder of gay London man David Morley.  It was a shocking crime, several youths kicking and battering him until he was almost recognisable and then leaving him for dead.  What compounded the tragedy was that he’d survived the nail bombing in the Admiral Duncan pub in 1999 and then died at the hands of cowards.

Because that’s what links all of these people, they’re COWARDS.

What kind of a fight can a solitary person put up in any situation?  Not a lot and especially with people hellbent on inflicting maximum pain and damage.  I’ve spoken with people who possess black belts in martial arts who won’t walk around town after a certain time of night and would rather talk their way out of trouble than stay and fight even knowing they can take their assailants down.  No one wants to have to defend themselves when they don’t have to.

Michael Causer was killed in a house then dumped outside in the street to be found.  David Cooper has been found at home so I would imagine he was killed there.  What is that all about?  For most people, a house whether yours or someone else’s, is a place of sanctuary.  Somewhere to leave your cares at the front door, to walk in feeling safe and secure.  Not only is there cowardice involved in these two instances but also the ultimate betrayal of trust.