February 12th turned out to be a terrible night for Duanna Johnson.

The first bummer came when the transgendered Memphis resident got nabbed for prostitution.

Then, as if that's not bad enough, she ended up getting assaulted by a police officer.

Actually, not even assaulted - straight up beat down:

The officer hit Johnson several times with the handcuffs wrapped around his knuckles. In the video, you can see the flash of the metal. The tape shows another officer holding Johnson's shoulders as she tries to protect herself.
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Then he maced her. On the tape, other people in the room are seen turning away and fanning their hands because of the smell.

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Remind us not to send our imaginary children to Memphis public schools. Administrators there have basically cleared principal Daphne Beasley of any wrongdoing in the student outing scandal.

Officials released a statement today assuring parents - and press - that Beasley did not intentionally out two gay students and, in fact, was looking out for everybody's best interest, if you can believe that. Yet, in said statement, they also allude to "explicit sexual behavior," which sounds like a euphemism to us…

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