Not A Hate Crime
Some friends of John have been e-mailing me since the intial post, and it’s now my understanding that the police don’t believe John’s death was a hate crime, nor do they believe he was murdered. The intial post that broke the news of John’s death suggested that John was tied up and that homicide was likely, but it now looks like that might not be the case.
Two of John’s friends, both of which I’m communicating with right now, were interviewed by the police and it looks like John’s death may have come from other circumstances.
Nevertheless, I don’t want to undermine the sadness and grief that a lot of us are feeling. Regardless of how he died, we’ve lost an intellectual who could have very one day changed the world, and with the thought of him in mind, a handful of us continue carrying the torch of change that he once carried.
In my past life, I was a tree or something. If not a tree, something that grew old and didn't move very much. I'm pretty convinced of this.