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Transgender Woman Shot Dead in Motel Is 7th Killed in U.S. This Year, Rights Advocates Say
New York Times ^ | March 30, 2018 | CHRISTINE HAUSER

Posted on 03/31/2018 9:13:05 AM PDT by EdnaMode

A young black transgender woman was shot dead in a Louisiana motel this week, becoming at least the seventh transgender woman known to have been killed in the United States this year, rights advocates said.

The woman, Amia Tyrae, 28, was killed Monday at about 1:15 a.m. at a motel on Airline Highway, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department.

Dr. William Clark, the East Baton Rouge Parish coroner, ruled Ms. Tyrae’s death a homicide, caused by a gunshot wound to the chest.

The Police Department said Friday night that Dedrick Butler, 22, of Denham Springs, La., had been arrested in the killing. He was charged with second-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: airlinehighway; amiatyrae; batonrouge; crime; dedrickbutler; denhamsprings; homosexualagenda; louisiana; murder; prostitution; transgender
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To: EdnaMode

Prostitution is, by its nature, a dangerous occupation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_against_prostitutes

By focusing on violence to transgender prostitutes, the New York Times is minimizing violence to hetrosexual prostitutes.


21 posted on 03/31/2018 9:27:53 AM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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22 posted on 03/31/2018 9:28:45 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: EdnaMode

“The left is trying to frame this as proof of increased hatred and violence towards transgenders since Trump took office”

Just a repeat of the same playbook they used with the gays to burnish their victimhood credentials.


23 posted on 03/31/2018 9:29:49 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: EdnaMode

7 killed. I am willing to bet even compared to the small fraction of the population that is transgender, this is not that high of a number out of the whole. I also wouldn’t be surprised if said person were behaving recklessly leading up to death in at least a few of these seven cases.


24 posted on 03/31/2018 9:30:18 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: BeauBo

“The woman, Amia Tyrae, 28, was killed Monday at about 1:15 a.m. at a motel”

I’m betting the “woman” had a surprise for whomever it was with that didn’t go over very well.


25 posted on 03/31/2018 9:30:35 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: EdnaMode
By my calculation, seven is WAY LOW compared to an expected average of 24 by the first quarter of the year based on them being 0.6% of a US population of 325.7 million with an annual US homicide rate of 4.9 per 100,000.

So I guess the story OUGHT to be about how us "CIS" gendered people are being killed, since we seem far more likely to be.

26 posted on 03/31/2018 9:30:36 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: EdnaMode

Derrick sounds like a piece of work too.


27 posted on 03/31/2018 9:31:27 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: BobL

I believe the number killed in car crashes will be comparable to the murders as well.


28 posted on 03/31/2018 9:31:45 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Morpheus2009

Yes it is low, average would be 24, see post 26.


29 posted on 03/31/2018 9:32:17 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: EdnaMode

A man / male / dude with serious mental issues is killed under suspicious circumstances ... quite possibly relating to him deceiving someone in the service of his mental issues.

He didn’t deserve to be murdered and sympathy goes out for his family, still he should still not under any circumstances be referred to according to his delusions he had while still alive.

Society and the language should not be restructured to accommodate either crazy or perverted.


30 posted on 03/31/2018 9:33:58 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Kentucky Fried Movie. “Thrill Seekers!” I liked “Fist Full of Yen” myself.


31 posted on 03/31/2018 9:35:30 AM PDT by 75thOVI ("The crews of all submarines captured should be treated as pirates and hanged". Sir Arthur Wilson)
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To: EdnaMode

“young black DUDE dressed as a woman “


32 posted on 03/31/2018 9:35:56 AM PDT by MNDude
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To: EdnaMode

How many women prostitutes were also murdered. What is the percentage of transgender prostitutes murdered to all prostitutes versus the percentage of transgender prostitutes to all women prostitutes. My guess is there isn’t much difference between those numbers.


33 posted on 03/31/2018 9:37:29 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (`)
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To: EdnaMode
Between 25 to 28 transgender people were reported killed in the United States last year.
At this rate there can't be many left.
34 posted on 03/31/2018 9:38:18 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: ameribbean expat
"7 out of 330 million."

Yep.

I don't know how I'll be able to sleep tonight.

35 posted on 03/31/2018 9:40:00 AM PDT by daler
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To: EdnaMode

A classic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AcS49UdrIM


36 posted on 03/31/2018 9:40:18 AM PDT by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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To: BobL
I'll bet we do not have 30,000 "transgenders".

Try defining transgenders among a group of normal people and see how challenging it is to define "transgender". Good luck.

37 posted on 03/31/2018 9:40:59 AM PDT by Rapscallion (The tragedy of politics is that it can make good people hate each other.)
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To: dainbramaged
Could be the victim was a prostitute and the customer didn’t like what he found downstairs.

Customer: "Wow - that was great! But why do you keep staring at my manhood?"

Tranny Hooker: "Because sometimes I really miss mine."


38 posted on 03/31/2018 9:41:48 AM PDT by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Republican 66 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: EdnaMode

“The woman...”

Wrong.


39 posted on 03/31/2018 9:44:09 AM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: dainbramaged

http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1991/Former-Child-Star-Arrested-for-Allegedly-Beating-Transvestite-Prostitute/id-4660772cd4f4a987d54347b8640d9005


40 posted on 03/31/2018 9:46:36 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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