It's a case of he said, gay said in Newark, New Jersey.

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A triple shooting on August 5, 2007 may have been an anti-hate crime. For those of you not in the New York region, three Newark, NJ college students - Terrance Aeriel, Dashon Harvey and Iofemi Hightower - were shot execution style. While police initially thought the killings, which left one survivor, Natasha Aeriel, were a simple robbery, gay activists - and the victims friends - suspect otherwise.

Gay activist James Credle released a statement reading:

Several young people, friends and classmates of [victims] Terrance Aeriel, Dashon Harvey, Iofemi Hightowner, and Natasha Aeriel have come forward. In their fear and grief, they are further driven to despair by the refusal of the city administration, the police, and the media to acknowledge the fact that some of the deceased were members and friends of their community.

They ask, 'Why, when so much was said about the victims, about their promise, their accomplishments, the bright futures, was this important aspect of their lives, their very identities, suppressed?'

In an effort to steer the investigation in a queer direction, Credle and his allies have sent a letter to Newark mayor, Cory Booker.

Read said letter, after the jump.

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