Transgender attacks investigated in D.C.

[theHandpuppet]

Transgender attacks investigated in D.C.
By The Associated Press
June 30, 2013 - 04:18 pm

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WASHINGTON (AP) - D.C. police are investigating two more in a series of attacks on transgender people.

Two attacks occurred early Saturday morning. Police say shortly after 4 a.m., a transgender woman was shot during a robbery attempt in the area of 5th and K streets, Northeast. The woman was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Police are looking for two men in that attack.

About a half-hour earlier, in another part of the city, police say a transgender woman was sexually assaulted by a man who offered her a ride.


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[theHandpuppet]

1. Don't know how many of you remember this case

D.C. has had a problem with attacks on the transgender community. Here was another example:

AlterNet / By Alex Kane

Drunk D.C. Cop Gets Off Easy After Shooting 3 Transgender Women

A Washington, D.C. police officer who fired multiple shots into a car with three transgender women and their friends is getting off easy, and the transgender community has reacted with outrage.

January 11, 2013 |

A Washington, D.C. police officer who fired multiple shots into a car with three transgender women and their friends is getting off easy. The officer, 48-year-old Kenneth Furr, was sentenced yesterday “to three years of supervised probation, a $150 fine, and 100 hours of community service,” the Washington Blade reports. The transgender community in D.C. has reacted with outrage.

The D.C. Superior Court Judge, Russell Canan, also sentenced Furr “to five years in prison but suspended all but 14 months of the prison term and credited Furr with the 14 months he already served between the time of his arrest and his trial last October,” the publication reported. The officer was released from jail while he awaits sentencing for his conviction on charges of assault and solicitation for prostitution. Furr was acquitted on the more serious charges of assault with intent to kill with a weapon....

MORE at http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/drunk-dc-cop-gets-easy-after-shooting-3-transgender-women

[FreeState]

2. I remember

Makes me sick to my stomach still. Shooting 3 and gets a damn $150 fine and community service?!?!?! Complete and utter bull shit.

I think its highly important as the GLB community gain vital rights that we don't forget we need to fight just as hard, if not harder, and devote more of our resources and time to our trans brothers and sisters. We must put a stop to this BS and ensure "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" applies to everyone.