She worked physical labor at a lumber yard. Teena and Phil were trapped in Humboldt by poverty and homelessness. To say anything untoward about him will ruin friendships that took many years to develop. DIFFERENT TIMES, & THE ATTACKS KEEP COMMING! Based on conversations Teena had with people after the rape, in the car on the way from the hospital and with her sister, emotionally, Teena Brandon was a girl, as opposed to bring a mature woman. According to Jones book Lana Tisdel is sitting in the car, when Teena walks up to her. Nissen became engaged to a pen pal from Chicago in 2006, according to the Omaha World Herald. Tisdel was taken to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas with serious injuries.[11][12]. Lotter used to beat up strangers at the convenience store where Lana Tisdel worked, for any perceived slight against her; Lotter took police on a multi state car chase, once went for a police officers gun once and almost got killed. This was the last person who saw the three people alive. [3], On December 19, 1993, Brandon Teena was arrested for forging checks, and put in jail for several days. The world needs a hero, but everyone is waiting for some guy to come out of the sky and fix what is your responsibility and where it is highly likely the corrupt power structure invented or tainted that scenario just enough to make it suit their global aspirations. I agree Marc, but this is one of those cases where the 95% wont let facts et in the way of feelings so to speak. Crooks are never going to say Yes,We blew them up for the gold reserve in 1 & 2 and did a little dance. Indeed, CA estimated then that is cost 10 times more than lifers cost. She was wounded in a stabbing attack by an ex-husband and supported her family on a monthly disability check of less than $400, according to an account by writer Eric Konigsberg, who grew up in Omaha. Its one of the women he dated source the original Village voice article. Fundamentally it matters not why they killed her; its THAT they did thats appalling, not WHY. Good point low intelligence is not an excuse for cruel behavior. How about I knock on your door and tell you that I been looking for a long time for you. She needed men as an audience for which she would get in bed with any girl, either to show off for her male pack of to get their approval, a feminine trait, but not reserved for women only. If you really want to honor someone, you should use their correct name. Brandons identity was irrelevant: all we need to know is some vicious thugs murdered him. AM LOOKING FOR CLEAN, SAFE, 6 OTHERS, THAT They knew each other. Teena Brandon dreamed about becoming an Outlaw. Is everybodys IQ low in that town? This is interesting, because she loudly bemoaned lack of facial hair, and her monthly periods. Finally, there is John Gregory Dunnes The Humboldt Murders. Can I tie her up and keep her in my bedroom (until the Court opens after Christmas holidays, so that she can be surrendered there and bail be revoked)? He asked. But I do think its a waste of time and resources to cut a plea deal with one to get a death penalty for the otherbecause Lotter would obviously want to appeal on that basis. Another takeaway from this is that just like Lana, Nissen knew that Teena was a girl before everyone else. That, then, reflects a capacity to reason, to scheme and to that degree militates against the notion that they should not be considered culpable. [citation needed]. Teena stands her up, takes Lisas car, picks up Lana, and drives her up to Lincoln to go drinking at bars. Refer to people as they prefer, not as you insist they be. Them low life murders will have to answer to god and he awaits. Thats why hes doing life & not death row. She got a job at a lumber yard loading trucks and developed her physical strength. By the reasoning that the death penalty is too expensive because of litigation, than all prisoners are too expensive because they all have the right to appeal, not just death row inmates. But its hard to imagine that the justice system would give more credence to an intelligence test taken in prison than one given during childhood when the taker wasnt trying to appear compromised. But a court later reduced Richardson Countys liability. What about the context? Another example of Aphrodite Jones changing facts is as follows: Lisa Lambert throws a birthday party for Teena. You people love to ignore using his correct prounons like one way to respect him is use HE AND HIM. Lotter and Nissen then shot Brandon, Lambert, and DeVine dead. Lana herself suffered injuries requiring hospitalization, but she has since recovered. Lana herself suffered injuries requiring hospitalization, but she has since recovered. Lana was one of the key witnesses in the case because of her status as Brandon's girlfriend. Lana M. Tisdel (born March 28, 1975) is an American woman whose early life and involvement with the 1993 murder of Brandon Teena was chronicled in the 1998 documentary The Brandon Teena Story and the 1999 film Boys Don't Cry. Its unclear whether Lotter and Nissen were ever employed or what they did otherwise to obtain beer and gas money before their arrests for murder. I got three, and two got none of the notoriety because it did not involve any identity issues. Something that might expose them or another person to civil or criminal liability. She changes facts to make Teena more likable. She has been married to Bachman, Joshua since December 6, 2001. When Lotter and Nissen found out that their recently acquired drinking buddy who was dating Lotter's former flame Lana Tisdel was actually a woman whose real name was Teena Brandon, they became enraged. 1 Antagonist. Lana When Lana went to bail him out, she was told that Brandon had been placed in the women's jail; putting two and two together, she realized that, anatomically speaking, it could be possible that her boyfriend may actually be a she. Hes too ignorant to be ashamed of his actions (or inaction) and I dont think he was held accountable. Sorry if this seems pedantic, but care over words is important on a matter such as this, which is both controversial (biology v social construct / sex v gender) and generates much nonsense. Brandon died at the hands of two low lifes named John Lotter and Marvin Thomas Nissen just before New Years Day of 1994. Court documents indicate that people were afraid of Lotter, that he terrorized his local community. She refused pain killers when getting medical treatment. his pronouns are he/him and you need to respect that, as well as his name. brandon is a he. He offered some sort of an apology that is written in a totally contrived language. In addition, it wasnt sex abuse trauma that aggravated her condition. Not just that, he based his writing on certain assumptions, did not follow through with research and fact checking, missing certain key events revealed in court testimony and police reports. So, all hate crime is crime, but not all crime is a hate crime. You are absolutely correct. There are millions of tragic stories of cisgender women who have been victims of violent crimes, and weve offered our full measure of empathy towards them for our entire livesat the exclusion of seeing our own tragic stories offered any reciprocal respect. I may wish to be known as female, and take the female form (more or less convincingly), but I remain in essence (ie, biologically) male and cannot change that (if I may use this word) ontologically. Ex-cons John Lotter and Thomas Nissen had targeted Brandon Teena for murder to quiet a rape case against the two ex-cons. He was dead when the Morning Shift came to the overnight cell to do the roll call. You point to another problem: the vested interest in poor performance in IQ testing post-conviction. Honestly thats what I had thought all these years. I hate people talking about Teena as Brandon. Lisa Lambert's name was changed to Candace in the movie. The killers, who reportedly had a total of $5 between them at the time of their arrests, would have to pay the balance, the court decided. The latter film, a surprise hit, helped raise awareness of the intolerance faced by people in the LGBT community. Judges unsympathetic. [7], Tanner Lambert graduated from Humboldt High School in 2011, and was raised by his aunt. Nissen was not so ignorant. Teena was a victim of appalling men. The only difference is that Taliban are true believers not afraid to die, and Lotter is a coward. If you think that life of crime, addiction and mental illness is living authentically to masculine gender identity, I pity you. She took more religion electives in school than she did art. Most women who transitioned to men are gay, middle aged, and have been in stable lesbian relationships within the confines of LGBTQ Community for many years. BRAIN INJURY,AS WELL AS OTHER INJURIES! Cheers. I just cant figure out why you and a couple of others on here are so insistent on co-opting this story to suit your own narratives? Teena was running, both literally and figuratively. It just gets a little confusing sometimes because you see a picture of him as a little girl and then as a teenage boy. She then became a reluctant witness, not willing to implicate Nissen and get him arrested. But the PC brigade decide that its THIS reason then starts sounding-off. Her psychiatrist failed her, which is why there is no clinical literature about her case, her story did not enter clinical annals, the way boy who dreamt of wolves, and other interesting psychiatric patients did. Dissolute youths. Shortly after the movies came out, Lana and her mother appeared on A Current Affair and The Maury Povich Show. I know more about Teena Brandon and what happened to her than you. I read somewhere that John Lotter is on the intellectual level of an 8-year-old, which is old enough to know right from wrong. Particular care in this case would need to be made that he had capacity to know his actions were wrong before imposing death, and if in any doubt, that would indicate life without parole (as necessarily theres no potential for rehabilitation). An Update on John Lotter and Thomas Nissen. The sheriffs lines when interviewing Brandon after the rape(s) are appalling. She dressed, talked, walked and got into much trouble by identifying that way. Jones leaves stuff out. For this is the flip side of identity fixation. Lotter and Nissen, portrayed by actors Peter Sarsgaard and Brendan Sexton III, were already in prison for murder by the time the movies came out. 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