Detroit’s transgender community: 'Police have have no sympathy for us'

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Detroit's transgender community: 'Police have have no sympathy for us'

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/13/detroit-police-transgender-amber-monroe-murder

The Guardian/Ryan Felton in Detroit  08/13/2015

""It could have been me," Lilianna Reyes, a transgender woman of color, told a crowd of 50 at meeting hosted by the Detroit police department.

Reyes was referring to the death over the weekend of Amber Monroe, a 20-year-old black trans woman who was fatally shot in what police have deemed a homicide.

Her death – which residents say follows four murders of transgender women in 2014 in Detroit's Palmer Park, and another this summer – has underscored the danger facing the community in Detroit. And many are saying one root cause is intolerance from the police."