Guard Confronting Trans Woman Women for Restroom Use Gets Charged With AssaultBy Jackie Bensen
May 18, 2016
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Guard-Charged-with-Assault-After-Confronting-Transgender-Woman-Using-Womens-Restroom-380010941.htmlWhile at Giant [D.C. grocery store chain], Ebony Belcher asked a store employee to point her to the restroom and passed a female security officer standing in the hallway.The officer came into the restroom and told her to get out, according to Belcher. "She opened the door and came in and started calling me derogatory names," Belcher said. She said the officer put her hand on her shoulder and arm, grabbed her and pushed her out of the store. Belcher said the guard told her, "You guys cannot keep coming in here and using our women's restroom. They did not pass the law yet."
D.C. Police have charged a security guard at a Giant grocery store with simple assault after a transgender woman said the guard forced her out of the women's restroom. The guard, who has not been identified, is a special police officer at a Giant store near Third and H streets in northeast D.C.. Police confirmed they had arrested her there earlier today for a confrontation in the store, though they did not reveal details of the arrest.
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