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Considering Thomas Circle is close to the gayborhood and the Green Lantern is 200 feet from the Donavan, of course the gossip is going to speculate that maybe it was a Grindr hookup gone wrong.
Yes, Lou Chirabbo the reporter who first reported this narrative does have friends/sources in the departmentlet's deconstruct his article which is the basis for the rest of the media reporting that David Messerschmitt may have been gay or bisexual:
- The warrant mentions the case has some of the similarities of a pick-up murder.
Translate: A guy who lives a few miles from the Donavan has a room here. Fighting with the wife? No. Maybe it's a hookup gone wrong. Maybe.
- Messerschmitt was found lying face down on the floor with stab wounds to his back.
Notice the omission of any information about Messerschmitt's state of dress which keeps alive the possibility he was naked
- Among the items found in the hotel room, according to the search warrant document, were a condom and lubricant, an enema, a wallet with credit cards, a computer and cell phone.
Notice how he lead with condoms, lube and enema; that pushes the notion of a "pick-up" murder forward & takes the focus off of the fact that the perp didn't steal a thing from the victim
- Law enforcement experts have said so-called pickup or hookup murders often involve someone who targets gay men or straight women by befriending them at a bar or other meeting place, including online hookup sites, and persuading the victim to invite them to their home or another place such as a hotel room. The perpetrator then robs, assaults and sometimes kills the unsuspecting victim.
Notice that Lou cites no source for this info Why? Because there is no established pattern; most often when these occur they turn out to be crimes of passion and it is often revealed that there is a long history between the killer and the victim; but those details rarely make headlines when they are eventually revealed
- I would hope that if the police have any evidence that the person David met was through a sex line gay or straight the public would be informed quickly so they can be aware of any danger to them, said gay activist Peter Rosenstein.
Quoting a random gay activist (not connected to a group) because the quote causes the reader to be afraid, panic and pay attention to a very random act of violence
Buried in the article is this important revelation:
- Paul Tupper, chair of the D.C. group Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence, said police sometimes alert LGBT community groups about instances of anti-gay violence but police have not contacted GLOV about the case of Messerschmitts murder.
Yes, someone who runs an actual, local LGBT anti-violence organization that LE alerts when there is an issue so they can help get the word out has NOT been contacted by LE
- Rick Rosendall, president of the D.C. Gay & Lesbian Activists Alliance, said the Messerschmitt case has been the subject of discussion in gay community circles in his neighborhood on the 17th Street, N.W., strip where several gay bars and restaurants are located.
Translate: People in the gayborhood are talking about a big local news story. However the way Lou crafts the paragraph serves to push forward the possibility that DM is connected/part of the gay community
- But Crump said police could not comment on whether they have determined the case appears to be a gay or straight pickup murder or whether the departments Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit has been called in to help homicide detectives investigate the case. The GLLU is aware of this case, Crump said. I cannot comment further as this is an ongoing investigation.
I will bet you a million dollars that Crump's statement "The GLLU is aware of this case" was in response to Lou asking "Is the GLLU aware of this case? Are they involved in the investigation?"
Followed by:
- The New York-based LGBT Anti-Violence Project has said pick-up murders have evolved from earlier years when gay men invited someone they met at a gay bar or other gay meeting place to their home for sex and were later killed by the person. According to AVP executive director Sharon Stapel, gay male victims of pick-up murders have met their killers in recent years mostly through online hook-up sites and apps.
More drivel that is only connected to this case because Lou is shaping this narrative because like most high profile murders/crimes that occur in the area and getting significant news coverage, people are gossiping about it and speculating so when Lou hears it discussed from the barstool he thinks it will get him readers.
And the quote that closes the article:
- While there is the factor for the family if David was bi or gayand they didnt know and they now have to deal with that, it shouldnt change what people think about David and the good things he accomplished in his life, Rosenstein said. All those things are still the same.
Remember Rosenstein? He's the completely random gay activist not connected to any organization who blatantly pushes the idea that "David was bi or gay"
Yes, all that is derived from and based on the fact that opens the article "the warrant mentions the case has some of the similarities of a pick-up murder."
The article is long on babble and almost completely void of facts yet it is the basis for the news media narrative that DM is gay or bi.
Yes, Lou Chirabbo the reporter who first reported this narrative does have friends/sources in the departmentlet's deconstruct his article which is the basis for the rest of the media reporting that David Messerschmitt may have been gay or bisexual:
- The warrant mentions the case has some of the similarities of a pick-up murder.
Translate: A guy who lives a few miles from the Donavan has a room here. Fighting with the wife? No. Maybe it's a hookup gone wrong. Maybe.
- Messerschmitt was found lying face down on the floor with stab wounds to his back.
Notice the omission of any information about Messerschmitt's state of dress which keeps alive the possibility he was naked
- Among the items found in the hotel room, according to the search warrant document, were a condom and lubricant, an enema, a wallet with credit cards, a computer and cell phone.
Notice how he lead with condoms, lube and enema; that pushes the notion of a "pick-up" murder forward & takes the focus off of the fact that the perp didn't steal a thing from the victim
- Law enforcement experts have said so-called pickup or hookup murders often involve someone who targets gay men or straight women by befriending them at a bar or other meeting place, including online hookup sites, and persuading the victim to invite them to their home or another place such as a hotel room. The perpetrator then robs, assaults and sometimes kills the unsuspecting victim.
Notice that Lou cites no source for this info Why? Because there is no established pattern; most often when these occur they turn out to be crimes of passion and it is often revealed that there is a long history between the killer and the victim; but those details rarely make headlines when they are eventually revealed
- I would hope that if the police have any evidence that the person David met was through a sex line gay or straight the public would be informed quickly so they can be aware of any danger to them, said gay activist Peter Rosenstein.
Quoting a random gay activist (not connected to a group) because the quote causes the reader to be afraid, panic and pay attention to a very random act of violence
Buried in the article is this important revelation:
- Paul Tupper, chair of the D.C. group Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence, said police sometimes alert LGBT community groups about instances of anti-gay violence but police have not contacted GLOV about the case of Messerschmitts murder.
Yes, someone who runs an actual, local LGBT anti-violence organization that LE alerts when there is an issue so they can help get the word out has NOT been contacted by LE
- Rick Rosendall, president of the D.C. Gay & Lesbian Activists Alliance, said the Messerschmitt case has been the subject of discussion in gay community circles in his neighborhood on the 17th Street, N.W., strip where several gay bars and restaurants are located.
Translate: People in the gayborhood are talking about a big local news story. However the way Lou crafts the paragraph serves to push forward the possibility that DM is connected/part of the gay community
- But Crump said police could not comment on whether they have determined the case appears to be a gay or straight pickup murder or whether the departments Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit has been called in to help homicide detectives investigate the case. The GLLU is aware of this case, Crump said. I cannot comment further as this is an ongoing investigation.
I will bet you a million dollars that Crump's statement "The GLLU is aware of this case" was in response to Lou asking "Is the GLLU aware of this case? Are they involved in the investigation?"
Followed by:
- The New York-based LGBT Anti-Violence Project has said pick-up murders have evolved from earlier years when gay men invited someone they met at a gay bar or other gay meeting place to their home for sex and were later killed by the person. According to AVP executive director Sharon Stapel, gay male victims of pick-up murders have met their killers in recent years mostly through online hook-up sites and apps.
More drivel that is only connected to this case because Lou is shaping this narrative because like most high profile murders/crimes that occur in the area and getting significant news coverage, people are gossiping about it and speculating so when Lou hears it discussed from the barstool he thinks it will get him readers.
And the quote that closes the article:
- While there is the factor for the family if David was bi or gayand they didnt know and they now have to deal with that, it shouldnt change what people think about David and the good things he accomplished in his life, Rosenstein said. All those things are still the same.
Remember Rosenstein? He's the completely random gay activist not connected to any organization who blatantly pushes the idea that "David was bi or gay"
Yes, all that is derived from and based on the fact that opens the article "the warrant mentions the case has some of the similarities of a pick-up murder."
The article is long on babble and almost completely void of facts yet it is the basis for the news media narrative that DM is gay or bi.
