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Title: Detroit’s transgender community: 'Police have have no sympathy for us'
Post by: stephaniec on August 13, 2015, 06:35:11 PM
Post by: stephaniec on August 13, 2015, 06:35:11 PM
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."
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."