What Men Are Capable Of

I admit that it's difficult to read something like the following atrocity and not have it color every interaction with straight men I'll have today and for the next few days. From Pam:

Three people are charged in connection with Hall's brutal beating death: 19-year-old Garrett Gray and 18-year-old Coleman king face murder charges; 21-year-old Robert James ("Jamie") Hendricks has been charged with assisting a criminal.

At first, police didn't know the motive for the crime, but now Jackson County Sheriff's Detective Robert Henley says the suspects have told police that the victim, Aaron Hall, made an obscene motion and homosexual suggestion to King.

At that point, King allegedly "went crazy on Hall," beating him with his fists.
Investigators say Gray joined in, and both men beat Hall with their fists; and at one point detectives say King even removed his boot and used that to hit Hall. The beating allegedly continued for several hours, though court documents say the men paused to photograph themselves with their arms around Hall's beaten body.

According to the affidavit filed by prosecutors, King and Gray, along with the third suspect, Hendricks, then dragged Hall out of the house by his feet, with his head hitting the stairs, and dumped him in a ditch.