When I read about the gay man in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who filed a lawsuit because the state wouldn't issue him an "IM GAY" vanity license plate, I thought he had to be suicidal. And now he's dead...

The Oklahoma man who filed a lawsuit seeking the license plate “I’m Gay” was found dead inside his Norman apartment Wednesday, two days after he formally complained that Tulsa police officers beat him outside a gay club Saturday. Keith Kimmel, 28, launched a legal battle last month with the Oklahoma Tax Commission for rejecting his application for a personalized license plate that said, “IM GAY.” Police are now investigating the cause of his death, as well as looking into his complaint of police abuse over the weekend, which he detailed in a blog post, according to Tulsa World.

Perhaps some other police department should step in and investigate Kimmel's death?