Police Beating A TG Who Was Murdered

From the 2008 Houston, Texas Transgender Day of Remembrance. Attendance was 150 people. Remember Me: My name was Duanna. While I moved from to Memphis to live as myself, I was forced into sex work by extreme poverty. One day, I was arrested and taken to the police station where one policeman held me down and the other began beating me while calling me a "he/she"€ and a “faggot”. Fortunately, the police station'€™s video tape system caught it all on tape and someone leaked it to the press. Suddenly, a lot of people wanted to use me to make a point about how bad transgenders have it and I told them how bad it was. After the news died down, I went back to living in my apartment, which had no electricity or running water. My only friend was an elderly woman, but her husband told her to stop talking to me after he found out I was transgender. One night, I was standing on the corner and a couple of men ran up to me and shot me, leaving me to die in the street. I had been hoping to win my 1.3 million dollar lawsuit I had against the City of Memphis for the beatings I got by their police, but I won'€™t be able to pursue that now. The police have no leads and nobody has been held responsible for my murder.

Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Date of death: November 9, 2008
Cause of death: Shot to death

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[TheSongbirdluci]

This Is Sad!! No One and I Do Mean No One Should Have To Go Threw This....What About Her Human Rights...How Can You Sleep At Night Knowing That That You Have Dehuminized Someone....I Am So UpSet With This Vedio...And The Guy That Punched Her Should Be Behind Bars Somewhere

[ehipassiko]

@TheSongbirdluci The officer, Bridges 'Sutton' McRae, was given a 2 year sentence after his first trial ended in a mistrial. Her murder has yet to be solved.

[basketball12210]

thats what you get fag

[ehipassiko]

@basketball12210 I get it... you're not gay, right? I mean, folks who say stuff like this NEVER turn out to be secretly gay. I mean, no closet case ever says stuff EXACTLY like this, right? Deny it some more - I'm sure you'll get someone somewhere to think that you're not a queer at some point if you just deny it enough with anti-queer sentiment.

[switcherxx]

This video AND the responses are indicative of the ignorance of these issues...

Hey guys - were you taught to be a guy, or did it come naturally to you? It's natural, right? Just as it's natural for some people to be gay or transgendered (TS). I personally know two doctors, one other medical professional, and a company CEO who were 'born male' and then transitioned. Thing is, some ignorance can't be reversed if people don't want to learn.

[ehipassiko]

@fancydivalicious89 This certainly confirms that there is NO WAY that you could EVER be gay. I mean, folks who say the things you do are NEVER gay. Please tell all of these strangers - people you've never met before - that you're not actually gay because the thought for a man packing your back door is repulsive to you. Please deny it some more - I'm sure you'll get someone to think that you're not actually gay at some point if you deny it enough.

[sweetismami28]

I just cant believe it! Imagine what they do outside of that place to people daily!

[kendalhart2011]

@JeffATL gender Identity and sexual Identity are not the same thing . besides there are lots of male to female transgenders who are only sexually attracted to females and have no attractions to males period

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[JeffATL]

@kendalhart2011

LMBAO!!!!!  The devil IS a fucking LIAR!

Homosexuality has EVERYTHING to do with being transgender! I hope you KNOW that God is gonna punish you for supporting homosexuality.

[kendalhart2011]

@JeffATL u need to be beat for this evil ass comment and the bible doesnt say anything about trans people its a new term dumb ass so how is it demonic ? and homosexuality has nothing to do with being transgender thats a gender thing

[STeLLaLuNOra]

everyone in that building should be punished,

[willwind85]

these departments really need to figure this out cuz its gettn worse and worse.

[MegaWhiteBeaner]

Duanna Johnson...lol

[stefanybody]

@JeffATL YOU MEAN LAUGHING YOUR MONKEY ASS OFF. GO BACK TO AFRICA. LMFAO

[JeffATL]

@stefanybody

You're FUNNY! LMBAO!!!!

The STUPIDITY coming from your brain to your fingers, from your fingers to your keyboard, and finally from the keyboard to the comments section to this video! LMAO!!!!

[xSpaRTaNz]

seriously wtf is wrong with you americans your all sick minded people