cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22334414
Summary
Two transgender women, Dahlia and Jess, were attacked at a Minneapolis rail station, with onlookers cheering their assailants instead of helping.
After confronting a man yelling transphobic slurs, the situation escalated into a violent assault involving four or five others, leaving both women unconscious.
Advocates attribute the rise in anti-trans violence to emboldened transphobia fueled by misinformation and political rhetoric, including Donald Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ policies.
The local trans community is responding with solidarity rallies, self-defense classes, and firearm training to prepare for a potential increase in attacks.
Police are investigating, but no arrests have been made.
lol, you think only the victim will have a firearm?
you don’t think that if the victim pulls, the fuckheads will keep their firearms stowed and just accept it?
they aren’t wrong: gun violence is the result of too many guns in too many hands.
when these victims begin to light up the assholes, and a firefight erupts, will it be better that innocent bystanders are dead for freedumb?