More coverage of Memphis Police Officers Bridges McRae and James Swain beating of transsexual Duanna Johnson while she was in custody is hitting the net as we speak.

Also more details are surfacing. Apparently the ONLY reason this brutal assault was brought to the attention of Memphis Police Department’s Internal Affairs was because McRae has the gall to file a complaint against another officer who was present for not helping McRae “during the incident” (the incident in question would be the beating). These people have NO idea that what they did was wrong and we CANNOT trust this system to police itself.

Associate Press:

and Surprise Surprise FOX NEWS even covered it.

here are some great thoughts on the matter that were posted as comments at one of my favorite sites for gay news, Queerty.

I think the Memphis Police Department has some explaining to do and at the very least, owes the LGBT community an apology. I would strongly urge the writing of letters of protest, as is my intention to do, from the LGBT community to the governor of Tennessee and other state representatives demanding a full investigation into this matter.

The Honorable Governor Phil Bredesen
Governor’s office
Tennessee State Capitol
Nashville, TN 31243-0001

Phone: 615-741-2001
Fax: 615-532-9711

phil.bredesen@state.tn.us
A list of elected government officials may be found at:
www.tennesseeanytime.org/government/elected.html

via Queerty and Lavender Newswire

Contact info for the Mayor of memphis and the Memphis District Attorney’s office can be found in my original story.

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Tags: Anti-Gay Violence, Bridges McRae, Duanna Johnson, James Swain, Police Brutality, Politics, SFW

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