The victim’s mother said she wants the FBI to investigate her son’s death as a hate crime, saying she believes he may have been targeted because he was gay and black.
Haley told NBC News there was a break in the case last week when a dive team recovered a piece of “key evidence” from a lake near the wooded area where Taylor’s body was found. He said the evidence is being analyzed at a federal forensics lab.” has taken shape on social media and in Washington Parish, about 70 miles north of New Orleans.
At the annual Martin Luther King Day parade in Angie, Louisiana, on Saturday, protestors from across Washington Parish turned up toAlphonso David, president of the Human Rights Campaign, a national LGBTQ advocacy group, joined the family in calling for a thorough investigation. “This apparent hate crime is horrific,” David said in a tweet on Wednesday. “The family of Ja'Quarius Taylor believes he was targeted because he was Black and gay. We join his loved ones in mourning & in demanding a thorough investigation by law enforcement.”
This apparent hate crime is horrific. The family of Ja'Quarius Taylor believes he was targeted because he was Black and gay. We join his loved ones in mourning & in demanding a thorough investigation by law enforcement.
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