[80115] in Cypherpunks
Kill a Fag, Go to Congress / Was--Re: Disinformation in L.A.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lucifer Anonymous Remailer)
Thu May 15 03:06:40 1997
Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 15:40:32 -0400
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: lucifer@dhp.com (lucifer Anonymous Remailer)
Reply-To: lucifer@dhp.com (lucifer Anonymous Remailer)
Tom Allard wrote:
> > Didn't her boss's murderer walk on the charge by using the defence
> > that he ate too many Twinkies?
> > No political intrigue here...
>
> That was the defense, yes. Dan White was a former cop and treated like a
> hero by fellow cops. The prosecution never really challenged the Twinkie
> defense, nor did they bring up politics or homophobia as motives. With a
> prosecution like that, who needs a defense?
I remember that it was seen as being a message to the gay community
that they were getting too "uppity" for their own good.
(I wonder how they got that idea? <former cop kills a queer, gets
treated like a hero, prosecuters play with Little Peter while he gets
off for eating too many Twinkies, and Swinestein is waiting in the
wings to do an "LBJ">.)
The government is a lot like the Mob--other politicians can't really
trust you until you've whacked somebody and they have it to hold over
your head so that you'll play along.
SwineMonger
