Suspect who beat transgender Kimy Hartman in Brooklyn pleads guilty to 2014 atta

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Suspect who beat transgender Kimy Hartman in Brooklyn pleads guilty to 2014 attack

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/brooklyn-transgender-attacker-pleads-guilty-article-1.2469807 🔗

NY Daily News/BY Christina Carrega-woodby  / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS /
Thursday, December 17, 2015, 9:54 PM

"A teen who admittedly took part in a hate crime attack on a transgender woman was given a slap-on-the-wrist punishment because he's a youthful offender."


Suspect who beat transgender Kimy Hartman in Brooklyn pleads guilty to 2014 attack

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And this, children, is why we need federal hate crime legislation protecting trans people - because local courts tend to give slaps on the wrists when people maim folks they hate.