Leslie Feinberg upon release from jail: ‘Free CeCe McDonald!’

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WORKERS WORLD



Leslie Feinberg upon release from jail: 'Free CeCeMcDonald!'


By Kris Hamel | Published Jun 15, 2012 9:02 PM


http://www.workers.org/2012/us/free_cece_mcdonald_0621/


Chrishaun "CeCe" McDonald, a 24-year-old African-
American transgender woman from Minneapolis, was
sentenced June 4 to 41 months in prison for defending
herself against a brutal attack by neofascists who verbally
and physically assaulted McDonald and her friends outside
a bar in June 2011. McDonald, who courageously defended
herself and her friends against anti-trans, anti-woman,
racist slurs and violence, was the only one arrested,
charged and jailed at the time.
Protesters came out in downtown Minneapolis the evening
of McDonald's sentencing, on the eve of her transfer to the
state prison system, and took to the streets to hold a
"noise" demonstration in solidarity with McDonald and to
demand her immediate freedom.