The mother of Nex Benedict — the non-binary Oklahoma teen who was assaulted in a school bathroom and died the following day — is raising doubts about statements released by the local police. On Wednesday, the Owasso Police posted a statement to the department’s Facebook page, which appeared to defend the Owasso High School’s response to the February 7 incident. The statement also suggested that Nex’s death the following day was unrelated to the bathroom assault. In a text exchange with Popular Information, Sue Benedict, Nex’s mother, said she considered the Owasso Police statement a “big cover” and believed it was only released as “something to calm the people.”

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    The people who are pushing for these laws, organizing these harassment groups, calling in bomb threats, and pushing their hatred and violence into politics - they’re the same people who were doing this to gay kids.