Judge rules that 'gender' in hate crimes law includes trans people

Source: lgbtqnation.com






By Alex Bollinger ·
Thursday, August 16, 2018


A judge in Michigan ruled that a man could be prosecuted for “ethnic intimidation” because he attacked a transgender woman.

The case concerns an attack caught on video this past July in Detroit. Deonton Rogers was harassing Kimora Steuball at a gas station convenience store


They got into an argument and she told him that she’s transgender.

The argument escalated and Rogers pulled out a gun..................................

“He was like, ‘well I’ll kill you,’ you’ll kill who?” Steuball told the court. “I’m transgender. I know what transgenders go through. We go through this everyday. Getting attacked, guns pulled out on us, shot at, shot at, robbed. I didn’t know anything. I didn’t know what was going to happen to me. I was terrified for my life.”........................................

Read more: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/08/judge-rules-gender-hate-crimes-law-includes-trans-people/

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