Trans Occupy Wall Street Protestor Says NYPD Mistreated Him After Arrest

First Posted: 10/4/11 11:04 AM ET Updated: 10/4/11 01:01 PM ET

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/04/trans-protestor-wall-street_n_993936.html



A man who attended the October 1 Occupy Wall Street protest on the Brooklyn Bridge is alleging that he was mistreated by the New York Police Department because he is transgender.

Justin Adkins, the Assistant Director of The Multicultural Center at Williams College in Massachusetts who was spending his second weekend in NYC at the protest, says he peacefully turned himself over to the police when it became clear that they were arresting protestors on the bridge.

Transgender 'Occupy Wall Street' Protester Segregated, Humiliated by NYPD During Arrest, Detention

http://www.towleroad.com/2011/10/transgender-occupy-wall-street-protester-segregated-humiliated-by-nypd-during-arrest-detention.html

Justin Adkins, a transgender activist and Assistant Director of the Multicultural Center at Williams College, was arrested as part of the "Occupy Wall Street" protest on October 1 at the Brooklyn Bridge.

Adkins In a statement released to the public (read it below), Adkins details his mistreatment by the NYPD because of the fact that he is a transgender man. Adkins said he identified himself as transgender from the moment he was arrested. That, however, did not prevent a humiliating sequence of events from occurring which included a disrespectful genital pat down, being segregated from others arrested at the protest and being placed in a cell with violent criminals, being chained to the wall of the only working restroom in the jail for 8 hours. Being denied three requests for food while others at the protest were fed a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and water.