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Behind the Aegis

(53,959 posts)
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 05:35 AM Oct 2019

Trans woman beaten & dragged behind car for blocks

A transgender woman was severely beaten and then tied to the bumper of a minivan and dragged for two blocks behind the moving vehicle. The victim, who hasn’t been named yet, was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Jacksonville, Florida, police refused to release the video footage from the city’s Real Time Crime Center, but the incident was recorded. A department spokesperson showed clips from the footage that showed the vehicle but said the video was too graphic to be distributed to the public.

“We can’t release it,” Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Assistant Chief Brien Kee said. “It is horrendous.”

Eric Shaun Bridges has been arrested for attempted murder after tips led to the discovery of the vehicle and pointed to his involvement.

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Trans woman beaten & dragged behind car for blocks (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Oct 2019 OP
😢 awful irisblue Oct 2019 #1
Shocking brutality, reminded me of James Byrd noted in the article, appalachiablue Oct 2019 #2
This is why neo nazis and white supremacists can fuck off and die for all I care. Initech Oct 2019 #4
Perhaps you should click on the link. Tipperary Oct 2019 #7
Exactly what came to mind for me as well. bullwinkle428 Oct 2019 #5
The perpetrator was not a white man. nt Tipperary Oct 2019 #8
Hatred for the Other Kid Berwyn Oct 2019 #3
Somehow I doubt this will be a religion type thing. cwydro Oct 2019 #10
No, but it has everything to do with hatred. Kid Berwyn Oct 2019 #12
I'm very glad they have arrested someone for this. MineralMan Oct 2019 #6
I hope this waste of a human is charged with a hate crime, in addition to attempted murder. cwydro Oct 2019 #9
horrific! glad he was caught. Hope she survives Demovictory9 Oct 2019 #11
I've never really understood people. LanternWaste Oct 2019 #13
Recommended. H2O Man Oct 2019 #14
K&R charges should include attempted murder and a hate-crime Jeffersons Ghost Oct 2019 #15
Without a doubt. cwydro Oct 2019 #16

appalachiablue

(41,144 posts)
2. Shocking brutality, reminded me of James Byrd noted in the article,
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 05:48 AM
Oct 2019

>"The attack is reminiscent of the racially-motivated murder of James Byrd, Jr., in 1998. Byrd was dragged behind a pickup truck for miles by three white supremacists. The killing made national news and spurred calls for a federal hate crimes law.

The resulting law, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, honors both the life of Byrd, but also Matthew Shepard, a young gay man who was beaten and tied to a fence to die in Wyoming."

Initech

(100,080 posts)
4. This is why neo nazis and white supremacists can fuck off and die for all I care.
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 09:19 AM
Oct 2019

We shouldn't be giving these scumbags the time of day, let alone a media platform.

Kid Berwyn

(14,909 posts)
3. Hatred for the Other
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 09:00 AM
Oct 2019

More than 60 years ago, Frantz Fanon discussed how people who hate based on religion also are the ones who hate based on race and sexuality.

Kid Berwyn

(14,909 posts)
12. No, but it has everything to do with hatred.
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 03:01 PM
Oct 2019

A psychiatrist, Fanon pointed out how haters think.

Like some people hate religious people.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
6. I'm very glad they have arrested someone for this.
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 09:23 AM
Oct 2019

May he live to regret his act thousands of times while in prison.

Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts)
15. K&R charges should include attempted murder and a hate-crime
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 03:43 PM
Oct 2019

Hate Crime - a crime, typically one involving violence, that is motivated by prejudice on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, or other grounds.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
16. Without a doubt.
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 05:16 PM
Oct 2019

I think the victim and assailant are of the same race, but homophobia is probably going to be the issue.

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