Va. family drops charges against trans woman arrested for aiding their son

[stephaniec]

Va. family drops charges against trans woman arrested for aiding their suicidal son

http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/05/30/va-family-drops-charges-against-trans-woman-arrested-aiding-their-su

The Advocate/by Mitch Kellaway  05/30/2015

" ' I never imagined helping teens or others would come to something like this' said Julianna Kiakoswki, who alleges mistreatment from Lynchburg police."

[Wynternight]

Outstanding. Very happy to see this.

[Jill F]

Apparently no good deed goes unpunished.  The cops trying to extort $2500 from her for not throwing her to the wolves is the real crime committed here.  If it were me, I'd be filing several lawsuits.

[suzifrommd]

This is the third time this month I've read a story that deals with a transgender women imprisoned with male inmates.

This is something our community needs to be proactive about. Instead of crying foul when it happens, I would like to see some sort of organized campaign for safe incarceration.

[iKate]

This is the third time this month I've read a story that deals with a transgender women imprisoned with male inmates.

This is something our community needs to be proactive about. Instead of crying foul when it happens, I would like to see some sort of organized campaign for safe incarceration.

Lambda Legal has been doing action in that area. Like this:

http://www.lambdalegal.org/passion

[Jake25]

I read the story before. I don't understand why she was arrested? It had something to do with helping a teenager, but did she kidnap him/her or something?

[stephaniec]

I don't know I'm guessing because the teen was underage and in her house.