This story has taken a very interesting twist!
The initial reports were that that the victim was a white woman being beat up by 2 black girls (I still call them savages). But, later details emerged that the victim was really a man dressed like a woman.
Well, the later reports has now been confirmed with Chrissy Lee Polis going public and confirming that she is rally a dude.
My opinion of the incident has not changed. No one deserves to get beaten down like that.
However, this makes a very interesting dilemma for Liberals to see if they determine whether or not this was a hate crime because the individuals involved are both in protected groups. The assailants were black and the victim is a transgender individual.
How is this gonna work now?
Had the assailants been to white men and the victim black male—boom--hate crime!
This only underscores the silliness of hate crimes legislation in the first place.
Baltimore Sun reports:
Transgender woman calls attack 'hate crime,' has been afraid to be seen in public
A transgender woman beaten at a Baltimore County McDonald's spoke out on Saturday, saying that the attack was "definitely a hate crime" and that she's been afraid to go out in public ever since.
"They said, 'That's a dude, that's a dude and she's in the female bathroom,' " said Chrissy Lee Polis, 22, who said she stopped at the Rosedale restaurant to use the restroom. "They spit in my face."
A worker at the restaurant taped Monday's attack and created a graphic video that went viral last week. After the video garnered hundreds of thousands of views on websites, McDonald's issued a statement condemning the incident, and on Saturday the worker who taped the incident was fired.
The video shows two females — one of them a 14-year-old girl — repeatedly kicking and punching Polis in the head as an employee and a patron try to intervene. Others can be heard laughing, and men are seen standing idly by.
Toward the end of the video, one of the suspects lands a punishing blow to the victim's head, and Polis appears to have a seizure. A man's voice tells the women to run because police are coming.
"I knew they were taping me; I told the guy to stop," said Polis, a resident of Baltimore. "They didn't help me. They didn't do nothing for me."
County police confirmed that the attack occurred April 18 in the 6300 block of Kenwood Ave. Police said the 14-year-old girl has been charged as a juvenile, while charges were pending against an 18-year-old woman. Reached Saturday, police officials said the investigation was continuing.
The police report does not provide a motive but quotes one of the suspects saying that the fight was "over using a bathroom."
Polis suffered cuts to her mouth and face, and said she had a seizure. She also acknowledged that she was intoxicated at the time of the assault.
On Saturday she said she continued to suffer from painful bruises.
Polis, who said she had a sex-change operation to become a woman, said this isn't the first time that she's been picked on physically because of her sexual identity. She said she's been subjected to beatings and even sexual assaults.
She said seeing herself all over the Internet and all over the news has been "like walking out of the closet all over again." Polis is concerned that the public attention could trigger more violence — and worries it could hurt her chances of getting a job. "I want to cry, but I need to hold my head up," she said.
More details here
Memeorandum
I’m totally against the whole transgender lifestyle. But, all people deserve to be treated with respect and kindness.
