HRC Calls for Investigation into Case of Police Beating Transgender Woman
By C. Boning - Posted on June 18th, 2008
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The Human Rights Campaign is calling for a full criminal investigation into a case of police brutality against a transgender woman, according to a news release from today.
A recently released surveillance tape out of Memphis, Tenn. shows police beating and verbally harassing Duanna Johnson while she was being restrained in the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center.