Remember Duanna Johnson, the trans prostitute beat down by police in Memphis? Well, since the video tape emerged, Johnson says she's received a "tremendous" number of phone calls from trans folk people who claim cops beat them, too. Official records indicate a total of forty reported incidents, but Johnson and others suspect there's more where that came from. Meanwhile, Johnson informed police officials that she's filing a civil lawsuit, but will settle for a cool $1.3 million. [Bilerico and WREG]
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I hope she gets every penny.
I think she deserves *every* penny of that money.
There's no proof that she's a prostitute. The charges were dropped.
Every single employee who witnessed this and allowed it to happen should be fired and brought up on charges. This kind of assault is already reprehensible but when it comes from the people paid to protect us it's ten times worse
As far as I know, in some states if not all, failure to report a crime or intervene is a crime itself. All the staff who were present and failed to intervene should be punished on some level.
Snap.
She deserves more money and there should be as equal amount of attention as the Rodney King videotape, because it's about the violation of one's civil rights. That video was horrific.
This is Jamaico- irrationally homophobic and violent. W@hy on earth did he dress up in drag knowing full well the dangers about the dangerous environment he lives in??! Retarded.
Nikko, what the hell does "Jamaico" (whatever the hell that is) have to do with a story from Memphis? And she dresses as a lady because she wants to. You are retarded. Go away.
Hey TOM, I got 2 different postings mixed up…..now shut your ill manners and YOU go away, ok?