Hoping you will share some of the specific examples of Katie’s outspoken activism that you think might’ve drawn the ire of her killer—I can’t say I immediately recall anything in the reporting that characterized KJ as someone who consistently engaged in the more assertive forms of activism (beyond showing her support for various causes by occasionally volunteering, wearing shirts or paraphernalia, or donating money to pet causes) that might’ve raised someone’s hackles to the point that they killed her (unless you are describing the fact of KJ being an openly queer woman as activism?).
What I believe 5W’s meant by activist, if he or she doesn’t mind my opinion, is that
1. it Has been said of Katie using that word,
2. but she was not an activist in the true sense of the word.
3. She walked in the Black Lives Matter, and possibly other walks I am not aware of, she individually advocated to others for animal rights, signed petitions and donated money to protect them, as well as adopting all her pets rather than encouraging sales of pets born in puppy or kitty mills. I believe she donated to and signed petitions, also, for wildlife preservation and concern for our oceans in general.
4. And she lived her beliefs.
5. She always voted and knew about each candidate before doing so.
6. I don’t know, but it’s a possibility that she wore t-shirts at times promoting various causes close to her heart.
I still believe Katie was murdered and so inhumanely slashed over and over by someone who knew her and Bowie, who was so enraged at a Perceived wrong he or she was inflicted by Katie, that neither Bowie’s presence nor the extremely close proximity to the street or other people walking by deterred him or her. Maybe, again IMO, the killer hated her being gay and living a life she was happy with as I believe and 5W’s has suggested. To a person with flawed mental capabilities, it Could seem to him or her that living as gay and not being ashamed or Hiding it, was social activism. Those of us who think otherwise know Katie was simply being herself. (Perhaps That was the perceived injustice to the killer.)
I continue to have faith in the APD; I expect as many of you do that they Are holding back information to insure that when the case goes to trial, the lost soul who took Katie, a woman who had so much more to contribute to her community and an abundance of love and friendship to share, does not go free. That just cannot happen. And I believe those in law enforcement will not let it.