Emily Brooks and Heather Kangas
Occupying DC's Metropolitan Police Department
Posted: 11/21/11 02:00 PM ET
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emily-brooks/occupying-dcs-metropolita_b_1097957.html"I can't even show my face in this photo. I can and will be legally fired with no legal recourse. I am Transgender. I am the 99%."
--Submitted by an anonymous transgender individual to the "We are the 99%" blog
Occupy Wall Street has exposed discontent with global economic inequalities and inspired conversations about oppression across the country and around the world. Hundreds of U.S cities now house occupations in public parks and plazas. Occupy the Hood has taken the conversation into neighborhoods and highlighted issues of racial minorities. People are now calling for an occupation of the classroom and university campuses to highlight inequalities in education. Perhaps in Washington, D.C., residents need to occupy the Metro Police Department (MPD) to publicize the department's bigoted policing policies toward the city's transgender residents.
The MPD reports that in 2010 sixty-six percent of hate crimes committed in D.C. targeted people and communities based on their sexual orientation and gender expression.
