Transgender Woman Loses Jail Abuse Claims

[SandraJane]

Transgender Woman Loses Jail Abuse Claims


By ADAM KLASFELD | Tuesday, November 22, 2011, Last Update: 2:31 PM PT

          
http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/11/22/41671.htm


     (CN) - A transgender woman cannot pursue federal claims that she suffered horrific abuse when she was jailed for reporting that she had been robbed, a federal judge ruled.
     Though Patti Hammond Shaw can still pursue claims under state law, U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle predicted that they will likely fail.
     Shortly before filing her robbery complaint, Shaw, 44, had undergone reassignment surgery and legally changed her sex to female.
     On May 24, 2009, she dialed 911 to report that she thought her friends had stolen her purse from her house in Washington, D.C.

[Sailor_Saturn]

This is vile. Legal documentation stating that the person of interest is female, and still she was placed in a male lockup? She was subjected to an invasive search by a member of the opposite sex? Legitimate cases of sexual abuse, and all the charges are dismissed? And on top of everything, she has to accept guilt for a false police report despite the robbery in the report actually happening?

Lady Justice, take your damned blindfold off a second and see what your abettors are doing to the innocent. Then try not to vomit or explode with rage.

[SandraJane]

Gave me a headache reading it...say what? Anyone here speak legalese?