CeCe McDonald, Transgender Activist, Recalls Hate Attack, Manslaughter Case

[DriftingCrow]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/22/cece-mcdonald-manslaughter-case_n_4831677.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices
Huffington Post, Michelangelo Signorile

CeCe McDonald left prison last month after serving 19 months of a 41-month sentence, having been convicted of second degree manslaughter — in a plea deal she took to avoid possible murder convictions and perhaps 80 years in prison — after she used deadly force to protect herself during a brutal transphobic and racist assault in Minneapolis.

CeCe McDonald's story is being made into a film to be released later this year, "Free CeCe!," spearheaded by "Orange Is the New Black" star and trans activist Laverne Cox, who is co-producing the film with Jacqueline Garas. In an interview with me on SiriusXM Progress, McDonald discussed the event that would change the course of her entire life.

Read the partial transcript of the interview and listen to CeCe McDonald tell her story.

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[Jamie D]

She should have never been charged.  She was physically assaulted and had a natural right to self defense.

I wish she had not entered into a plea bargain, but it was her choice and I understand why she did it.  If I had been on jury, from what I have read in the news, I would never have convicted.

I hope she receives a full pardon from the Governor so she does not have to struggle as a convicted felon.

[helen2010]

JdlR

Couldn't agree more.  Don't know what I would have done in her situation.  But as you have pointed out it is so wrong on so many levels.  This makes my blood boil!