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HRC Calls for Investigation into Case of Police Beating Transgender Woman

Started by Shana A, June 18, 2008, 02:58:01 PM

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HRC Calls for Investigation into Case of Police Beating Transgender Woman
By C. Boning - Posted on June 18th, 2008

http://thevitalvoice.com/node/539

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.
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