It's time to, if able, get a ccw and keep yourself strapped at all times. It was never safe for us but its getting bad. The system won't protect us and won't even count our deaths right.
Upstate NY has been like this for a lot longer than Trump has been in office. And Nex was murdered under the Biden Administration. This isn’t a specific President’s shit show.
Translation:"we don't give a fuck to actually recognize that Transgender folks & especially Transgender Black Men & Women are the highest targeted group of people for hate crimes BECAUSE of them being Black and/or Transgender, so we're gonna sweep this away & act like it doesn't happen & erase them"
I share your rage.. and the worst part about it for me is that the Democrats aren’t learning the lesson. They’re still burning bridges. They talk a good game. There’s no follow through. It’s fucking infuriating. .
How do you think blaming the democrats helps? You are only hurting those you would protect, like the idiots who didn't vote Kamala over Israel, and now Cheato is going to turn Gaza into a Palestinian free resort.
Yes, recognizing that the Dems need to do better is a fact that we need to address. Their lack of action and follow through is what made Trump possible. I’m a tenant advocate in NYC. The same Dems that talk about affordable housing and tenant rights can’t be found to actually help tenants.
Let that sink in. The same Democrats that talk about affordable housing and tenant rights. Don’t show up when you have tenants that need help Help nor do they address the dysfunctional city and state housing agencies that has created a housing crisis while abusing tenants. Do you think that helps?
I don’t see how anyone could support law enforcement or the justice system after all we’ve seen these past years. A pot smoker gets more time in prison for smoking a joint than the sitting president got for 34 felonies. A trans man was kidnapped and tortured to death and the cops don’t care
Okay, the headline is atrocious, but the article states that the reason it's not a hate crime is because the individuals involved were also LGBTQ+ identifying and knew each other, not because the cops are lying about a hate crime to cover for the perps.
Well, fuck, what about the fact that they were all white & he was Black!
Not to mention that hate crimes absolutely occur between queer victims & queer perpetrators, and in the context of personal, even intimate, relationships...
Okay, no one is saying that it CANNOT be a hate crime, all I said was that since everyone involved knew each other and were in the LGBTQ+ community, that means that there is evidence that it wasn’t a hate crime.
Fair enough, it just seems weird as hell to me that I keep seeing "it's probably not a hate crime because the perps are queer too" without any discussion of the possibility of a *racial* hate crime motivation
The only reason I’m making the distinction is because there is a legal difference with a different (and more stringent) burden of proof if a crime is tried as a “hate crime” specifically.
Look, I get your point, but the term “hate crime” has a legal definition with a more strict burden of proof. If you want the people responsible to be held accountable, then the best chance of that is to not try and force this into a hate crime situation.
No, you don't get my point.
The specific legal definition does not allow white racists to escape that definition because their black victim and they both happen to be queer.
Sharing a common aspect does not remove the hate crime distinction. You're not seeing past your own internalized homophobia.
Okay, I'd like to clarify that I was speaking specifically about this not being an LGBTQ+ based hate crime. That's on me for not making that explicit in my initial response. I don't want to speak on whether this is a racially based hate crime, as I do not have that information. My sincere apologies.
Okay, apparently I don't understand where this racism aspect is coming from, is there a link you can send me that has more context? I'm not saying that you are wrong, I just haven't seen that info yet.
Yes, however they do provide evidence that the crime was not a hate crime, in the sense of “I am killing you, a trans man.” versus “I am killing you, BECAUSE you are a trans man.”
Obviously this is a hateful crime, no one is denying that, and my condolences to his family.
No, they provide no such evidence, how does that even work? These people were cis, and plenty of trans people have been murdered for being trans by people they already knew. And how can the murder of a black trans man be anything other than a hate crime, when oppression breeds disposability?
Because words have legal meanings and while it is obvious that this crime was committed out of hate, by the legal definition, there is evidence that this was not a hate crime.
Yes I understand systemic oppression affects black trans people more than anyone, but that doesn’t make this a hate crime.
They were white gay cis men. That specific subsection of the community has a long history of being transphobic assholes (not all, but a higher percentage than others). The cops are looking for any reason to not call this a hate crime.
Can we try these so called "law" enforcement officers for the extreme failure to uphold their duties and carry out justice and thus are collaborators with the torture and murder.
Americans should Be up on The streets with torches and pitchforks already. Nazi Russian puppets took over and are dismantling everything as Putin daddy requested.
1. thanks for restating the obvious.
2. the court didn't decide shit, this was the cops.
3. there is never reason to give cops the benefit of the doubt.
4. five cis white people tortured and murdered a trans Black man.
court: i mean maybe they just, like, recreationally trap and tortured him for 5 days. not because he was brown or queer!!! but like, maybe they just didnt like him for some OTHER reason. :) no reason to call ppl bigots
This does not surprise me in the slightest, all the hate crimes perpetuated against trans people is always brushed off as "Oh this was just a typical crime"
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The fact that they were all known racists, is something the cops declined to mention.
NY sucks ass in so many ways.
Not to mention that hate crimes absolutely occur between queer victims & queer perpetrators, and in the context of personal, even intimate, relationships...
We’re on the same side here, I promise.
The only reason I’m making the distinction is because there is a legal difference with a different (and more stringent) burden of proof if a crime is tried as a “hate crime” specifically.
The specific legal definition does not allow white racists to escape that definition because their black victim and they both happen to be queer.
Sharing a common aspect does not remove the hate crime distinction. You're not seeing past your own internalized homophobia.
Obviously this is a hateful crime, no one is denying that, and my condolences to his family.
Yes I understand systemic oppression affects black trans people more than anyone, but that doesn’t make this a hate crime.
Health insurance executive responsible for thousands of deaths is shot dead in retaliation - A blatant act of terrorism!
The law is whatever the cops and their oligarch masters feel it is, apparently.
2. the court didn't decide shit, this was the cops.
3. there is never reason to give cops the benefit of the doubt.
4. five cis white people tortured and murdered a trans Black man.