Young Hate Crime Survivor/Activist Mourned
After surviving and unspeakably cruel hate crime, young David Ritcheson allegedly took his own life this past weekend.
By Kate X Messer, 1:45PM, Mon. Jul. 2, 2007
The story of young activist David Ritcheson – who last year survived unspeakably cruel torture and beating at the hands of self-professed skinheads – took a horrible twist, as Ritcheson allegedly jumped to his death aboard a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico, Sunday, July 1.
The community mourns this particularly poignant passing. Please act now to support the Matthew Shepard Act.
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Richard Whittaker, June 12, 2016
Aug. 26, 2021
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