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Mike Vidakovich At first glance, it would appear as though the seven aging gentlemen had gathered at a long table near the back of the local restaurant to escape from the oppressive June heat, have a nice lunch and enjoy each other’s company. After all, this small group of old friends and teammates don’t get to see much of each other these days. There was a time, though, when they were almost inseparable, especially during a magical winter long ago when they managed to live out a dream that...

Equality California Selects Tony Hoang to Serve as Next Executive Director "I am honored and humbled to have the opportunity to lead such a diverse, dynamic organization that has been at the vanguard of the LGBTQ+ movement for the last two decades." April 14, 2021 11:00 ET | Source: Equality California Equality California Los Angeles, California, UNITED STATES LOS ANGELES, April 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Equality California, the natio...

Bayard Rustin and Alicia Garza weer both named in the resolution. (Getty) House Democrats have vowed to “uplift” the contributions of queer Black people, recognising them as “fearless trailblazers in American culture and society”. House Resolution 170 was introduced by congresswoman Barbara Lee, a vice-chair and founding member of the Equality Caucus, and co-sponsored by 29 other congress members. It specifically names 26 Black LGBT+ people deserving of celebration, including civil righ...

Pete Buttigieg Is Nations First Openly Gay Presidential Cabinet Nominee Wed. December 16, 2020 9:44 AM by Carlos Santoscoy photo credit // gopride.com President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, as his secretary of transportation. The nomination makes Buttigieg, an Afghanistan war veteran, the nations first openly gay presidential cabinet nominee. Ric Grenell became the first openly ga...

In november of 2001, 40-year-old terry king was murdered, his head smashed with a baseball bat and his house set on fire. his two sons, 12-year-old alex and 13-year-old derek, eventually confessed to the brutal crime. >> i hit him once and then i heard him moan, and then i was afraid that he might wake up and see us, so i just kept on hitting him. >> okay. >> hit him somewhere around ten times. >> derek took the hits, but i was the one that gave him the idea. >> larry: but later they changed the...

Chavis, whos doing time in prison, he caused this, did he not? >> i can say that had he not been around, my father would -- i believe my father would still be alive. >> larry: they were friends, were they not? >> they were. they were, from what i recall. >> if i could address that as well. >> larry: yeah. >> i ultimately ended up interviewing this man in county jail for a number of months. >> larry: chavis? >> yeah. and i really felt like what we had there was a pedophile, who had been convicted...

Circumstance and a very great idea by judge bell. so we all went into mediation and had to come up with a reasonable compromise. because the prosecutor was in a position where he knew the gig was up. he was going to be back to square one. he didnt want to be at square one. although in the court of public opinion, the boys had already been convicted, they were going to get another chance with different lawyers. and that was going to -- >> larry: lets all discuss this. alex, too. jayne, what do we...

Were they not? >> they were. they were, from what i recall. >> if i could address that as well. >> larry: yeah. >> i ultimately ended up interviewing this man in county jail for a number of months. >> larry: chavis? >> yeah. and i really felt like what we had there was a pedophile, who had been convicted and served time, and he actually just went after this child. >> larry: alex. >> alex, yeah. >> larry: not dwight. >> no. what he tried to do, he searched out a victim in which there was a father...

Square one. he didnt want to be at square one. although in the court of public opinion, the boys had already been convicted, they were going to get another chance with different lawyers. and that was going to -- >> larry: lets all discuss this. alex, too. jayne, what do we do with a 10 or 11-year-old who commits a horrendous crime? what do we do as a society? >> well, we cant give up on them. i mean, look at him now. he is a 21-year-old young man. i am so proud and grateful to have been part of ...

And i dont know -- and alex doesnt even remember specific instructions or anything of that nature. but this man is so manipulative and so persuasive that a child would never even see it coming. >> larry: have you blocked it out? >> i would say that ive made peace with it. >> larry: well take a break. well be right back with alex king and kathryn medico. king and kathryn medico. dont go away.