Death of an Activist

The Tulsa police are now blaming gay activist Keith Kimmell for the beating he received just days before he was found mysteriously dead, claiming Kimmell was physically and verbally aggressive during an arrest at a club where they had come to break up a fight. Kimmell made national headlines in February when he sued the Oklahoma Tax Commission for refusing to issue him an "IM GAY" license plate. OnTopMagazine reports that "two days before his death, Kimmel filed a complaint against Tulsa police in which he claimed that officers called to the scene over the weekend to break up a fight at The End Up Club, a gay strip bar, 'beat him,' made 'crude comments about my weight' and 'several derogatory remarks were made with regard to my sexual orientation and the entertainers and/or patrons of the bar.'" An autopsy is pending.