Police documents obtained by ABC elaborate, recounting how the woman told officers she first encountered the group while telling them to stop “harassing” people at a local transit center. That drew the group’s attention, and they began “charging towards her”, the police documents alleged.
She told police she fell and heard someone yell a transphobic slur. As she tried to get up and leave, members of the group began assaulting her, and one of the alleged attackers choked her. The victim reportedly said she believed she was going to die.
ABC reported that video of the reported attack – recorded by a witness – showed the group “violently punch and kick the victim” in her head and upper body, including while she was on the ground, according to what police wrote in documents. The group walked away while the woman was on the ground, police said.
Police arrested two of the suspects – boys ages 15 and 17 who were siblings – near the scene of the alleged attack soon after it happened.
A third boy, 16, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of assault and a hate crime. Police put out a plea on social media to help identify the fourth suspect, posting surveillance pictures of him, taking note of his distinctive facial hair, necklace and jacket. Court filings cited by ABC said officers identified him through his high school campus security team.
A family member on the local Crime Stoppers chapter’s website recognized the man in the photo and urged him to surrender. Police said that man then turned himself over to police to be booked on counts of assault and a hate crime.
Police did not identify the three teen suspects because of their ages. They identified the fourth as 25-year-old Ramodre Edwards.
King county prosecutors charged the two sibling suspects with assault, strangulation, great bodily harm and a hate crime. Both pleaded not guilty and were ordered to remain on electronic home monitoring, prosecutors reportedly said.
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Well since we’re apparently debating civil rights, I suggest we put YOURS up for debate. To start, anyone with your opinions obviously shouldn’t be allowed around children. You seem predisposed to commit hate crimes. So you shouldn’t be allowed to work as a teacher or caregiver for children, you shouldn’t be allowed within 500’ of a park or playground, and you shouldn’t be allowed in public bathrooms where children are present. Sorry, but your bigotry simply makes you too dangerous to be allowed near children. Some kids are born queer, and you would probably try to hurt them. We need to restrict your civil rights for the sake of the children.
You and your transphobic perspective are the problem, not the other way around. Just as there’s no place in civilized society for racists or bigots, there’s no place for those who go out of their way to deliberately put people down for expressing who they are.
Lolol. Why even be here if you’re gonna be a bigot? Go back to reddit if you can’t see value in being kind to others
Hi, can you please not be bigoted against trans people? Thanks
I’m not.
Ok, then why are you disputing the legitimacy of this person’s gender
PM me if you want to ask questions because mods don’t allow honest discussion of the topic.
“Honest discussion” lmao
Scientific consensus is that trans people are real. If you disagree with science then I won’t waste my time talking to you
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You’re entire breed should self exterminate. Truly, you hateful oppressive dullards bring about almost all of the pain and suffering in the world.
Doesn’t that feel threatening?
what are you trying to say?
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Being a hateful bigot is not being dissident… it’s being a hateful bigot. Trans people aren’t some group that’s oppressing you or anyone else. You’re the oppressor in this situation. Look in the mirror and ask yourself why you hate someone who’s not like you.
Please keep convincing yourself you’re a “dissident”, while derailing the convo about someone getting assaulted by “”“”“dissidents”“”“”