Posted on 06/29/2017 10:27:20 AM PDT by Red Badger
The weekend fatal shooting of a teen at an apartment complex near downtown Athens was the culmination of a feud between two transgender groups, Athens-Clarke County police confirmed Wednesday.
Rayquann Deonte Jernigan, 17, who was known to friends by the chosen name of Ava Le’Ray Barrin, was killed Sunday morning by a single gunshot fired by 21-year-old Jalen Breon Brown in the parking lot of Riverview Apartments on College Avenue, police said.
Neither lived in the complex and both were there to visit friends who did live there when the deadly confrontation occurred, said Capt. Jerry Saulters, commanding officer of the Athens-Clarke County police Criminal Investigations Division.
The initial argument that started the feud was not even between Brown and Jernigan, who had not yet legally changed his name, Saulters said.
“It started out as an argument between friends of the suspect and victim,” Saulters said.
Jernigan and two friends were in the parking lot of Riverview Apartments at about 11:45 a.m. when they crossed paths with Brown, the police captain said.
Brown was on the second floor of one of the apartment buildings and the victim was in the parking lot when they reportedly began to argue. Saulters said Brown fired a “warning” shot in the direction of the victim, before he went down to the parking lot where he and Jernigan began fighting.
During the altercation, Brown shot the victim in the side of the chest, police said.
Jernigan was not breathing when police arrived, and was pronounced dead after being taken by ambulance to the hospital.
Brown, who was located by police at the complex, claimed he shot Jernigan in self-defense, a motive that police discounted.
“It did not hold up because he fired towards the victim prior to the fight, and a fight does not constitute deadly force,” Saulters said.
Brown was arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault. He was being held without bail at the Clarke County Jail.
Several transgender organizations issued statements concerning the fatal shooting, including Black Transwomen Inc.
“What saddens and infuriates us as an organization that seeks to represent and empower black trans women is that Ava was just 17 years old and hadn’t even had a chance to follow her dreams yet,” the statement said. “Ava has become not only the 14th trans woman murdered in the U.S. in 2017, she unfortunately is now the youngest one killed this year. She is also the 12th African American trans person killed this year.”
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....And thus the story changes. Guaranteed it will be proof of "Hatred of LGBTQ...." by sundown, rather than an escalated slap fight between a couple of drama queens.
12th, huh? I'm going to go out on a limb here, but I'm pretty certain Jalen Breon Brown isn't Scandinavian. Further, Brown's picture makes you wonder if there isn't way more to this mess than what's being told.
I see new casting for Transjets and Hermasharks in West Side Story. Maria can be a confused German dude.
I didn’t realize Athens was that dangerous. Maybe a holiday in Greece is not a very good idea!
The headline about this case in the Athens (GA) paper says, “Athens man charged with murder . . .” but the more PC Atlanta paper says, “GA woman charged with murder . . . “
Wrong Athens......................
Rayquann Deonte? Good grief.
So, 12 out of 14 transes killed were black. That says more about blacks killing other blacks than it does about transcritters getting killed.
Reading that article makes me quietly wish for fiery retribution from the sky upon all humanity. What a mess.
You won’t find THAT name on a personalized coffee cup anywhere...................
When I was a kid, 50’s and 60’s, black people had the same names as white people, usually Bible names, and you could not tell a black from a white just by looking at or hearing the name. Now it’s practically automatic. They do not realize they are condemning their own children to a life of discrimination by giving them nonsense names........... It’s almost as if they want them to be victims....................
Jalen Breon....how do you even pronounce some of these names? Eddie Murphy, I think it was in Raw said that blacks name people like the names in a pharmacy isle. Nyquil.
Sorry off topic. I am sick and tired of this and it doesn’t look like it going to stop. Trans etc. This is just a goal to destroy this country and have the masses not paying attention to what the globalist are doing. I forget what commie goal number this trans and sex perversion this is.
I read an excellent article once about gay and transvestite black males growing up in the hood. Based on many interviews, the author said that many of them were simply nice boys, well brought up by their single mothers or grannies, who didn’t want to get into the gangs and thug-life scene. If they started cross-dressing or being flamboyantly gay, they would be left alone by the thug down the street - who would rape anybody of any sex if he could, but gets his status by raping females and producing children to be supported by the state.
Based on those I’ve met here and there, I’d say that’s pretty accurate. The problem is that it has now become political.
Urkel on steroids. Sad.
There, Fixed it.
When you're a Transjet, you're a Transjet all the way. From your sexual reassignment to your last dying day.
sounds like a plot for a reality TV show “When Queens Go Bad”
One group chanting “I’ve got a dick and you don’t, nyaa, nyaa!”
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