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McDonald's Attack Victim Speaks Out (Video Interview)
The Baltimore Sun ^ | Saturday, April 23, 2011 | Jill Rosen

Posted on 04/23/2011 6:45:13 PM PDT by kristinn

A transgender woman brutally 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 leave the house ever since.

"They said, 'That's a dude, that's a dude and she's in the female bathroom,'" said Chrissy Lee Polis, who's 22 and said she stopped at the Rosedale restaurant to use the restroom. "They spit in my face."

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Polis suffered cuts to her mouth and face, and said she had a seizure. She also admitted she was intoxicated at the time of the assault.

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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.

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Her twin brother, Matty Polis, who also lives in Baltimore, said it's been painful to watch his sister have to endure these sorts of attacks.

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Polis, who was raised by her grandmother in Dundalk and Essex, graduated from Chesapeake High and hasn't had a job or stable place to stay for the past two years, according to her mother, Angela Thomas. Polis believes race may have been a factor in her attack.

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Polis, who has a criminal record that includes charges of prostitution and property destruction, said she plans to take legal action against the restaurant.

"My record's got nothing to do with what happened in McDonald's," she said. "Anyone in my predicament should not be afraid to walk the streets. They should not have to go into a restaurant and get gawked at and made fun of. They shouldn't be afraid to leave the house. It's just wrong."

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: 1sickpuppy; 2evilatttackers; assault; baltimore; mcdonalds
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To: kristinn

This is getting scary now here is some more people I am going to have to ask to see their birth certificate!!


21 posted on 04/23/2011 7:15:00 PM PDT by Lees Swrd ("Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order in the world as well")
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To: Bobalu

5 million from who, McDonald’s or the savage attackers? The attackers probably do not have 5 cents between them. This is why the insurance premiums for franchisees in the ghetto to protect themselves from liability suits like these where customers attack customers on the premises are prohibitive.


22 posted on 04/23/2011 7:15:30 PM PDT by chuckee
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To: NYpeanut

Using your fist first and your brain second places you in the same category as the animals pictured. Assault is never justified unless physical bodily harm is imminent in a self defense scenerio.


23 posted on 04/23/2011 7:16:58 PM PDT by MCCC
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To: kristinn

You don’t go beating up people, except in self defense or in the defense of another person.

But you don’t go around putting yourself in the position of being harmed either.


24 posted on 04/23/2011 7:17:19 PM PDT by Jonty30
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To: UB355

Disagree.. if a man is in a woman’s restroom and the women beat the shxt out of him I’m all for it.

One “HE” shouldn’t be there, two the he/she is a freak and gets whatever it deserves.


25 posted on 04/23/2011 7:17:42 PM PDT by maddog55
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To: mnehring
There may have been no homophobia or racism involved at all but self-protection mode.

I'm sure that's why they had to return to the restaurant after running out of it and continue kicking her in the head.

26 posted on 04/23/2011 7:18:52 PM PDT by tisket ("So many guns around town and so few brains." - Humphrey Bogart in "The Big Sleep")
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To: NYpeanut

The article states the victim had already had a sex change operation....


27 posted on 04/23/2011 7:19:17 PM PDT by 4Runner
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To: kristinn

Regardless of what this person is,
(Latest reports say victim had had operation to remove male parts) they are still a human being.
These animals beat this person because they were white.
The animals who beat this person should be jailed.
All the McDonalds employees who stood around and did nothing during this savage attack should be fired.
I hope the victim sues McDonald’s for every penny they have.


28 posted on 04/23/2011 7:20:29 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: maddog55

There may be more to the story than we have, but it certainly doesn’t rise to the repeated level of ferocious violence we saw from these animals


29 posted on 04/23/2011 7:22:32 PM PDT by MCCC
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To: kristinn; Lazamataz

S/he's kinda cute.

I wonder if Laz'd hit it?

30 posted on 04/23/2011 7:22:44 PM PDT by Jeff Winston
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To: dfwgator
It ain’t a “she”.

Whatever, she/he didn't deserve the beating.

I've seen or met a few transsexuals over the years. Yeah, some of them look weird, and I'd do a double-take if I saw one of them in a women's bathroom.

But IMO they don't deserve to be beaten up for their weirdness.

The animals who did it deserve to be strung up for what they did.

And the other animals who stood by and watched deserve something too--not sure what--but surely not kudos.

31 posted on 04/23/2011 7:23:54 PM PDT by pbmaltzman
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To: kristinn

Whatever you people think about transgender, it is legal, and if the person was legally a female, she can use the women’s restroom. She does not deserve to be beaten up for her choices any more than a Christian does for his choices. She was not a male perv hiding in there to attack women.


32 posted on 04/23/2011 7:25:01 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Sporke
May no one every say to you,

“Well, maybe he did deserve to be beaten up. After all, he was a Freeper.”

No one deserves to be beaten by strangers. Ever. Ever. There are non violent ways of handling these issues.

33 posted on 04/23/2011 7:26:09 PM PDT by GAB-1955 (I write books, love my wife, serve my nation, and believe in the Resurrection.)
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To: Yaelle

Agreed.


34 posted on 04/23/2011 7:26:31 PM PDT by madison10
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To: kristinn
Wonder how 'Chase (formerly Chasity) Bono is handling these situational challenges. . .Bet he/she never stops at McDonalds or anywhere there are 'group' bathroom facilities. These people know the 'in your face' challenge they present. No pun intended; but why 'go there'?

Why not, a gas station where 'key' is required perhaps; a 'gas/snack' stop, where bathroom is almost always, 'single use'?

No, they should not HAVE to; but given sexual circumstances; why choose a McDonald's where children are in and out; with or without their 'Mom's and women, who may well feel threatened by the appearance of these 'women-'men transitional combos.

All to say in a perfect world, this should not happen; but in an imperfect world - our real world; people - those at risk - can at least, be aware and 'take care' so as to avoid personal confrontations. Too many smarter choices. . .which people who are 'transgendered' should figure out, early on. At least, until they more physically secured in their 'new bodies'. Whatever. . .

35 posted on 04/23/2011 7:28:20 PM PDT by cricket (Osama - NOT made in the USA. . . .and Obama, not made in the USA either.. .)
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To: maddog55

>Disagree.. if a man is in a woman’s restroom and the women beat the shxt out of him I’m all for it.

One “HE” shouldn’t be there, two the he/she is a freak and gets whatever it deserves.<

****

I agree 100%!! Why oh why do Freepers have to move the goal line when it comes to these degenerates.


36 posted on 04/23/2011 7:29:34 PM PDT by max americana (FUBO)
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To: pbmaltzman
Whatever, she/he didn't deserve the beating.

Never said it deserved the beating, and I hope the thugs who did this are punished to the full extent of the law.

37 posted on 04/23/2011 7:30:35 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Ulysse

In some states the threat of imminent loss of life to yourself or another person is enough to authorize the use of deadly physical force. I’m glad I live in one of those states.


38 posted on 04/23/2011 7:32:35 PM PDT by MCCC
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To: kristinn
For the umpteenth time, you don't keep wailing on someone who isn't fighting back. And you damn sure don't try to kidnap them.

These perps should be charged with aggrevated assault, aggrevated battery, attempted murder, and attempted kidnapping. After that, let the chips fall where they may.

39 posted on 04/23/2011 7:33:33 PM PDT by Hoodat (Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. - (Rom 8:37))
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To: Bobalu

“No excuse for something like this...anyone
trying to imagine one is just sick”

She had a sex change. So, is she supposed to go in the men’s room still?

Confused people need to be treated with kindness (pity) and not subject to attack.


40 posted on 04/23/2011 7:41:13 PM PDT by garjog
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