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Title: K.C. Trans Woman Killed; Media Coverage Criticized
Post by: SandraJane on January 01, 2012, 06:54:28 AM
Post by: SandraJane on January 01, 2012, 06:54:28 AM
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K.C. Trans Woman Killed; Media Coverage Criticized
By Trudy Ring | Posted on Advocate.com December 28, 2011 12:40:00 PM ET
http://www.advocate.com/Crime/KC_Trans_Woman_Killed_Media_Coverage_Criticized/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AdvocatecomDailyNews+%28Advocate.com+Daily+News%29 (http://www.advocate.com/Crime/KC_Trans_Woman_Killed_Media_Coverage_Criticized/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AdvocatecomDailyNews+%28Advocate.com+Daily+News%29)
A Kansas City, Mo., man has been charged with second-degree murder in the Christmas Eve death of a transgender woman. Kenyan L. Jones, 26, is accused of fatally shooting Darnell D. Pearson, 31, also known as Dee Dee Pearson, The Kansas City Star reports.
Tony's Kansas City
Opinion, Jokes and Stories from KC
TKC BREAKING AND EXCLUSIVE NEWS!!! KANSAS CITY LGBT COMMUNITY CHALLENGES "TRANSPHOBIC LANGUAGE" & BIASED MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORTING OF DEEDEE PEARSON'S MURDER!!!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2011/12/tkc-breaking-and-exclusive-news-kansas.html (http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2011/12/tkc-breaking-and-exclusive-news-kansas.html)
Again, I'm guilty of making some of these same assumptions but I blame Kansas City's mainstream media . . . Sorry.
Similarly, I'll be looking for A FORMAL APOLOGY FROM THE KANSAS CITY STAR that, as usual, comes AFTER TKC TIPSTER reporting.
THE KANSAS CITY STAR
KC man charged in fatal Christmas Eve shooting
By ALAN BAVLEY, The Kansas City Star | Posted on Sun, Dec. 25, 2011 10:36 PM
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/12/25/3337566/kansas-city-police-investigate.html (http://www.kansascity.com/2011/12/25/3337566/kansas-city-police-investigate.html)
The suspect told police he became angry after learning prostitute was a man. Another body found in separate shooting. By ALAN BAVLEYThe Kansas City Star
A Kansas City man who told police he became angry after he realized the prostitute he had patronized Christmas Eve was a man posing as a woman was charged Sunday with his murder.Kenyan L. Jones, 26, faces charges of second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of Darnell D. Pearson, 31.
K.C. Trans Woman Killed; Media Coverage Criticized
By Trudy Ring | Posted on Advocate.com December 28, 2011 12:40:00 PM ET
http://www.advocate.com/Crime/KC_Trans_Woman_Killed_Media_Coverage_Criticized/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AdvocatecomDailyNews+%28Advocate.com+Daily+News%29 (http://www.advocate.com/Crime/KC_Trans_Woman_Killed_Media_Coverage_Criticized/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AdvocatecomDailyNews+%28Advocate.com+Daily+News%29)
A Kansas City, Mo., man has been charged with second-degree murder in the Christmas Eve death of a transgender woman. Kenyan L. Jones, 26, is accused of fatally shooting Darnell D. Pearson, 31, also known as Dee Dee Pearson, The Kansas City Star reports.
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Tony's Kansas City
Opinion, Jokes and Stories from KC
TKC BREAKING AND EXCLUSIVE NEWS!!! KANSAS CITY LGBT COMMUNITY CHALLENGES "TRANSPHOBIC LANGUAGE" & BIASED MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORTING OF DEEDEE PEARSON'S MURDER!!!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2011/12/tkc-breaking-and-exclusive-news-kansas.html (http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2011/12/tkc-breaking-and-exclusive-news-kansas.html)
Again, I'm guilty of making some of these same assumptions but I blame Kansas City's mainstream media . . . Sorry.
Similarly, I'll be looking for A FORMAL APOLOGY FROM THE KANSAS CITY STAR that, as usual, comes AFTER TKC TIPSTER reporting.
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THE KANSAS CITY STAR
KC man charged in fatal Christmas Eve shooting
By ALAN BAVLEY, The Kansas City Star | Posted on Sun, Dec. 25, 2011 10:36 PM
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/12/25/3337566/kansas-city-police-investigate.html (http://www.kansascity.com/2011/12/25/3337566/kansas-city-police-investigate.html)
The suspect told police he became angry after learning prostitute was a man. Another body found in separate shooting. By ALAN BAVLEYThe Kansas City Star
A Kansas City man who told police he became angry after he realized the prostitute he had patronized Christmas Eve was a man posing as a woman was charged Sunday with his murder.Kenyan L. Jones, 26, faces charges of second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of Darnell D. Pearson, 31.