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Title: NY To Use Hate Crimes Law In Transgender Case
Post by: Shana A on July 13, 2009, 02:39:24 PM
Post by: Shana A on July 13, 2009, 02:39:24 PM
Jul 12, 2009 5:16 pm US/Eastern
NY To Use Hate Crimes Law In Transgender Case
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/prosecution.transgender.killing.2.1082535.html (http://wcbstv.com/topstories/prosecution.transgender.killing.2.1082535.html)
It was no secret to friends and family that Lateisha Green was born a boy. She had been living and dressing mostly as a female since age 16.
On a Friday night last November, Green -- this time dressed as a man -- and her brother, Mark Cannon, went to a party. Several guests objected because they thought the two were gay. Several started yelling "profane and vulgar comments," police reports said.
As Green and Cannon were sitting in their car a few minutes later, one of the partygoers emerged from the house with a .22-caliber rifle. Without a word, police say, Dwight DeLee fired a shot. The bullet grazed Cannon's arm and with a deadly thud hit Green, 22, in the chest.
NY To Use Hate Crimes Law In Transgender Case
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/prosecution.transgender.killing.2.1082535.html (http://wcbstv.com/topstories/prosecution.transgender.killing.2.1082535.html)
It was no secret to friends and family that Lateisha Green was born a boy. She had been living and dressing mostly as a female since age 16.
On a Friday night last November, Green -- this time dressed as a man -- and her brother, Mark Cannon, went to a party. Several guests objected because they thought the two were gay. Several started yelling "profane and vulgar comments," police reports said.
As Green and Cannon were sitting in their car a few minutes later, one of the partygoers emerged from the house with a .22-caliber rifle. Without a word, police say, Dwight DeLee fired a shot. The bullet grazed Cannon's arm and with a deadly thud hit Green, 22, in the chest.