#steven simpson

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Glasgow youngster Steven Simpson has just finished his A-levels, and he's delivering homage to vintage house, acid and breakbeat. He just released on 10 Pills Mate, and from the sounds of things, we will be hearing a lot more from him.

https://soundcloud.com/sstevensimpson

http://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/68196-

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Steven Simpson - Chicago Cid

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Barnsley Hate Crime Ends In Death.

Barnsley Hate Crime Ends In Death.

CAMPAIGNERS said today they are ‘disturbed by the leniency’ shown to a killer who scrawled gay taunts on an autistic boy’s face and body – before setting him alight at his own 18th birthday party. Steven Simpson, who had Asperger’s Syndrome, epilepsy and a speech impairment, was doused in tanning oil before Jordan Sheard flicked a lighter close to his groin, engulfing him in flames. A paramedic…

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[wearedistrictgroove-blog]

This Glasgow youngster Steven Simpson  just finished his A-levels. The guy is whipping out some naughty acid crunchathon. “Heavy come-downs and even heavier drum-jams. This is one for the true believers, the baggy white tee crew and everyone who's ever gotten lost in a dark, sweaty basement.” Brilliant..don’t know who this guy is, but we want in!

[themagnifiedlife]

#PreauXX Sounds Like The New Memphis W/ #Malcolm2XXs

#PreauXX Sounds Like The New Memphis W/ #Malcolm2XXs

When was the last time you’ve heard of rapper from Memphis not named Juicy J?

Well it’s time for you to meet PreauXX.  The newest addition to Memphis’, often overlooked, hip hop scene.

In his newest video, Malcolm 2XXs, we find PreauXX holding no holds barred on the actors in hip-hop who get mistaken for rappers.

If Yo Gottiis any indication, Memphis rappers aren’t the biggest fans of fraudulent…

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[amordelfriki]

This is a picture of Steven Simpson, a boy from Barnsley, England, who was killed at his own 18th birthday party. He has Asperger's syndrome, epilepsy, a speech impairment and was openly gay. For some reason, this therefore made someone think it would be fun to gatecrash his 18th party, verbally abuse him and set him on fire.

Jordan Sheard, after Steven was doused in tanning oil, flicked a lighter close to Steven's groin, engulfing him in flames and then ran away - without even trying to help him. He then claimed that Steven had set himself on fire. A paramedic from the scene also said Steven had lipstick smeared on his face and the words 'gay boy' written on his forehead and 'i love dick' on his chest. Steven suffered to burns to 60% of his body and died two days later.

Eventually, Jordan confessed to his crimes and pleaded guilty for manslaughter. The Judge said to his attacker, "At his 18th birthday party, you destroyed Steven's life." However, he also said that the taunting that lead up to this young boys death was merely 'good-natured horseplay' and that Jordan was encouraged by others at the party.

Jordan was sentenced to 3 ½ years in prison.

Maybe Steven didn't realise that his new friends from college that he wanted to celebrate his birthday with weren't actually being too friendly. The centre of attention at the party quickly became Steven's sexuality. He was encouraged to remove his clothes and people wrote on his body and covered him in tanning oil. At this point, Steven still thought they were all having fun. Nobody at the party helped him once he was set on fire and Jordan had fled. Eventually a neighbour managed to remove his remaining clothes, injuring himself in the process, and put him in a cold bath and waited for the paramedics arrived.

This was a vulnerable, autistic boy whose disabilities and sexuality were used against him. He was burning alive and covered in graffiti at his own birthday party. Furthermore, the events that led up to him being set on fire strongly suggest this was a hate crime, whether it was due to his autism or due to his sexuality. This boy lost his life in one of the most horrible ways possible. But sure, 42 months in jail for his attacker is enough, right? Because they were just having fun. Because Steven didn't tell them not too. Because Steven thought they were just messing around. Because it was all just horseplay. Because people were chanting 'Light it, light it!' to Jordan.

Because he didn't mean to kill him, he just thought setting the gay, autistic boy on fire would be a funny thing to do.

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Please sign this petition!

https://www.change.org/petitions/office-for-judicial-complaints-judge-roger-keen-apologise-and-commit-to-protecting-lgbtq-disabled-youth

Content Warning: Contains Description Of An Ableist/Homophobic Killing.

In the early hours of the 23rd of June, Steven Simpson was set on fire by 20 year old Jordan Sheard, who had gate-crashed his house party in Cudworth, near Barnsley. He had been verbally abused, stripped of his clothes and had phrases like “I love d*ck” and “gay boy” scrawled across his body. He was then doused in tanning oil and Sheard lit his crotch with a cigarette lighter, and the flames engulfed his body. Those involved fled as Simpson’s neighbour tried desperately to put out the flames. Simpson died the next day after enduring 60% burns to his body.

Steven Simpson’s murder was the result of the hatred and humiliation caused to him because of his sexuality, and his disability. He was bullied, de-humanised and then killed. It follows the format of many killings of LGBTQ people world wide.

Sheffield Crown Court’s view on the matter has been frankly disgusting. Judge Roger Keen dismissed the crime as a ‘good-natured horseplay’ that had gone too far, and sentenced him to a unusually short sentence of three and a half years in prison. Sheard’s defence lawyer described what happened to Simpson as a ‘stupid prank that went wrong in a bad way’.

This was clearly a hate crime. Simpson was being taunted for his sexuality and his disability. He was devalued so much in the eyes of those involved, that they thought setting him on fire was somehow acceptable. He was a bright young man studying at Barnsley College, but his last moments alive on this earth must have been dehumanising, painful and terrifying.

How Judge Roger Keen can dismiss this so flippantly as “horseplay” is beyond us. He is re-enforcing the same notions that lead to Steven’s death: that homophobic bullying is fun, rather than a crime against LGBTQ people, that it is okay to mock or take advantage of someone’s disability, rather than looking out for them and treating them with respect, that setting someone on fire and burning them to death is a joke gone too far, rather than one of the inevitable consequences of the way we still treat people like Steven in our society.

It makes us sick to the stomach to think someone so young has been killed because he was different – and the frightening fact is that could have been any one of us that lives with a disability, or who is LGBTQ. Many have commented on the lenient sentencing of Steven’s killer, however we think this misses the point. The point here is the criminal justice system is acting complicitly in the oppression of LGBTQ people and disabled people, when it makes comments like those of Judge Keen’s. It is churning out the very same ideas that lead to hate-crime.

It is not a joke, funny, or horseplay to treat someone in the way Steven was and we should not condone it as such. If we do condone this behaviour we are sending out the message that LGBTQ people and disabled people are fair game to be bullied and preyed upon. We are sending out the message that this okay for other young people to do what was done to Steven. It appears it is all okay with Judge Keen, just as long as you don’t kill someone.

But the point is, the way Steven was killed, was precisely a result of how he was treated. If he had just been treated like any other young person, with a bit of decency or respect, it would never have happened.

This is the message that Sheffield Crown Court should have put out.  We hereby condemn Judge Keen’s remarks, call for him to make a public apology, and to make a statement recognising the daily battle people like Steven face because of their sexuality and their disability.

Steven’s death should serve as a reminder of what our LGBTQ and disabled youth face today.