Jose "Joe"
Campos Torres
May 5 1977
Age 23, Houston
the
above is just the intro of a lengthy posting
Two
entries below: I hesitated a long time before adding Torres
to this site, as I have no solid evidence he was gay. All is have
is
Ray Hill relating that to BK Silva. I decided I wanted to honor Torres
and at least capture some of the information.
View
YouTube Video
Song
with lyrics mentioning the Torres killing
Jordan Villegas-Verrone recently (4/24) made me aware of this track
by the Houston punk group Really Red. It's called
Teaching
You the Fear
and is from their 1981 LP by that title
the verses talk about Black, Hispanic and Gay victims
Carl Hampton
Jose Campos Torres
Fred Paez
As the band was apparently well respected
the song also appears on A Tribute to Really Red, 2020
with versions by
Bellrays
(only on CD
release)
Hammell
on Trial (only on LP release)
Texas
Biscuit Bombs (CD release) and live
version
And especially,
this video doc version by Randy Biscuit Turner
Teaching
You The Fear
featuring images of the victims
violence, latin
