Book of Mark was a remarkably well-researched book. He really was a bad kid and was disliked by many in that town long before his death.
I agree - it should not happen to anyone, gay or straight,
but the way it was presented in the media was he was just
some meek kid that wondered into some bar of rednecks and
they took advantage of him.
Hardly a word about him knowing the assailants, his drug
trafficking or owing one of them lots of money for drugs, etc.
Oops.
Sorry, the book is “Book of Matt”, not “Book of Mark”