A newly filed lawsuit in Ventura, California puts a new twist on past controversies over kids who want to cross dress in school. Increasingly, schools are leaving the matter to the parents and allowing cross dressing. The King family of Oxnard says that E.O. Green Junior High School is responsible for the fatal shooting of their 15-year-old son Larry King for not enforcing it dress code and preventing him from wearing make up and girls clothes.
Classmate Brandon McInerney was charged as an adult (including a hate crime) and has pleaded not guilty to the shooting.
Dawn and Gregory King claim that faculty members failed to deal with special concerns and threats connected to his sexual orientation, click here. At the time of his death, King was a ward of the court and living at a shelter for abused, neglected, and emotionally troubled children.
The failure to protect gay and lesbian students is not unique. Efforts to deal with the rising problem include segregated schooling, click here. Litigation is appropriate in such case, though the claim that the dress code should have been enforced against their son is a bit unusual.
For the latest story, click here.
I doubt you have ever won a real debate in your life!
Sign up for ‘The Forum’ – just as a ruse.
You and I may actually may agree on something!
The fact of matter is Landmark et al (via brother, Harry Rosenberg) which started as ‘EST’ vis a vis Werner Erhard a/k/a Jack Rosenberg etc etc are both/all wackjobs, IMHO…
When your desperation gets really bad, why not try more Lithium?
I wouldn’t send anyone there – except out of COMPLETE desperation…
The kid is damn lucky he wasn’t born in a Muslim country……..
I naturally had no idea what you were talking about so I researched ‘Landmark Education’. First of all it is run by Nancy Zapolski; I’m guessing her partner is Uri Geller. Secondly, there’s a nice story about Erin Green and Pres. Bush praising her as a graduate. Thirdly I came across this quote, “Landmark Education has been kicked out of France. It also has the vague ring of Scientology, and all that California self-help mind control a la Tom Cruise in Magnolia or the pick-up artist from The Game”.
Now I see where you’re coming from and it delights me to no end that we disagree.
“I can only assume from your response to my criticism of these greedy and all around poor excuses for parents that you somehow felt some hostility toward the child and thus felt he needed defending…”
Huh? Please expound on the ‘hostility’ reference
– I won’t charge you!
Normally, this particular ‘intervention’ I withhold for only the most ‘severe’ cases, but for zak this may be just the thing
– possibly the only thing left!
My guess is he won’t make it through the first day of the seminar because of the ‘racket’ in his head.
Likewise, my hope is his stubbornness will allow him to ‘get it’, anyway…
🙂
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I can only assume from your response to my criticism of these greedy and all around poor excuses for parents that you somehow felt some hostility toward the child and thus felt he needed defending. You, like mespo are looking for enemies where none exist. Should I assume your children (ren) are also in “homes”?
I can understand some ignorant people on this site not agreeing that Zionism is a filthy evil, because they are either Zionists themselves or because they are too stupid/lazy to research what are the ramifications of that philosophy (in as far as the product of a diseased mind can be called a philosophy). But there are some people on this site that support child rape and murder too, not so surprisingly they are also Zionists. And as I said before, I would speak up against the scourge of Zionism even if I were the last person on Earth to do so. Being right is not a popularity contest, and if everyone was like you, Noah would have drowned and Jesus would have stayed Jewish.
Thank you, Michael – for speaking up for kids, today, and all your days.
Bravo!
First of all, Zak, YOU, my friend, are a ‘Groupie’ all by your ‘Onesies’ 😉
First of all, being compared with mespo, MS and PC, I don’t know who should be the SECOND most offended among that group?
And secondly, I couldn’t care less about this kid’s sexual preference. My concern is with the adults that failed this CHILD. All of the “parents” (including the murderer’s) should have been more involved BEFORE this death. Suing the school over a dress code policy is a very lowly cash grab. I wonder which shyster they’ll get; maybe Dershowitz can do some Pro Bono work.
“The fact that 15 year old Larry King was a ward of the court and living at a shelter for abused, neglected, and emotionally troubled children, tells me that his parents are also psychopaths or at least highly mentally unstable themselves and are only now becoming concerned for their child because they see dollar signs.”
Zak,
Patty is right, you’re ridiculously wrong commenting on a topic you know nothing about. In the 80’s I worked in Child Welfare in NYC, the largest Department of its’ kind in the US. I was considered an expert witness in Family Court and for 4 years I was the Agency’s expert on dealing with child abuse and neglect. I also piloted The High Risk Unit which dealt with only the deaths and most severe cases of child abuse.
You know nothing about it if you assume that just because a child is removed from a home into Foster Care, that it’s always because of the parent’s deficits. In bureaucracy’s mistakes happen sometimes. ADHD and Reactive Attachment Disorder are real conditions. Also sometimes children of a certain age lie for complicated reasons. While you could classify me as somewhere to the right of Attila The Hun when it came to punishing abusive parents, I was also aware of the need to proceed based on all the available evidence. Many times apparently guilty parents were innocent of charges. Sometimes too, well intentioned workers must act quickly based on apparent charges, since the alternative could very bad. After further investigation though sometimes the workers found the removal hadn’t been justified. As far as being under the Court’s care some Judges in NY Family Court were literally crazy. Hacks getting their appointments through part politics.
Don’t jump to conclusions on things you know nothing about.
Yeah so – what’s your point?
He also was considering the ramifications of a sex-change operation…
Is that not significant nor worth a slight mention?
“The authorities removed Larry from his home in November 2007. He moved to Casa Pacifica, a group home and treatment center in Camarillo, five miles away from Oxnard.” It’s a quote.
The LA Times also specified that Casa Pacifica would not comment on the length of his stay.
Don’t talk to me aout ignorance. You are the one who said these people didn’t care for this chlld – that only the reason they are showing up ‘now’ is for ‘the money’…
The evidence clearly suggests otherwise.
…and then do some research until you learn a modicum about ADHD and Reactive Attachment Disorder and the explnations behind this childs behavior.
“…He was prescribed ADHD medication, and Greg says Larry was diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder, a rare condition in which children never fully bond with their caregivers or parents…”
And then read about the subsequent (mis)statements he made about his ‘abusive’ adoptive parents which caused him to be removed by social services from his home to Pacifica wherein he remained in contact with his family – voluntarily.
Your problem, Zak, is that in ORDER for you to be right, you HAVE to make everyone else wrong. Guess what? You met your match in me, mespo and Michael Spindell, for sure.
You will not get away with those tactics here.
read it again
Perhaps you should take your own advice, and read the article before your inevitable erroneous criticism. One article clearly states that, “the authorities removed Larry from his home in November 2007. He moved to Casa Pacifica, a group home and treatment center in Camarillo, five miles away from Oxnard.” I also cross-referenced with the LA Times article. My definition of proper parents, foster, adoptive or otherwise doesn’t include having their child living in a group home and treatment center.
Why are the most ignorant people the ones who feel they must contribute NOTHING?
read the articles before commenting…
zak – fyi the Kings adopted this child, with as yet unknown RAD.
They cared for him from age 2.
This is so horrible. Two young people’s lives destroyed, one ended, over actions that possibly could have been stopped. School personnel should be paying attention to ALL the bullying at their schools. There are effective interventions, why not take them? I doubt this was the first time there had ever been any threats against Larry King. I also feel there must have been some inkling of Brandon’s rage before this. Was that neglected as well and if so, why?
McInerney is obviously a psychopath or at least highly mentally unstable and there can be no excuse for his behavior.
The fact that 15 year old Larry King was a ward of the court and living at a shelter for abused, neglected, and emotionally troubled children, tells me that his parents are also psychopaths or at least highly mentally unstable themselves and are only now becoming concerned for their child because they see dollar signs. This reminds me of how David and June Chandler Schwartz sued Michael Jackson for “molesting” their son and agreed not to call the Police if they got some money.
It’s strange how so many people don’t care about their children until there is some money in it for them.