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.
I hope the people who beat them and those who cheered all live a long, miserable life full of their own loneliness, sorrow, and suffering. I hope that they die alone with nobody around them to care for or support them. And I hope to someday piss on their graves.
I feel like that lets them off the hook too much. But I suppose if it’s all we have…
What in the world would the benefit of not “letting them off the hook” be…?
I thought Minneapolis was one of the more enlightened places in the USA. But I guess they also have these violent bigots and murderous racist cops.
Well George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis so it’s not looking too great there
This is what worries me when my trans friends tell me they don’t want to carry a weapon. They often say they live in a safe city, that they don’t feel there’s any danger being “out” in public where they live. And then stories like this happen.
I don’t think there are safe cities anymore. We saw attacks against LGBT communities rise under Trump once already, and we’re already seeing them popping up again before he’s even back in office. I really wish more trans people were open to the idea of carrying something to protect themselves with; even a knife of pepper spray is better than nothing. Don’t go without a fight.
Pepper spray has limited range and can affect the person using it. I recommend to those unable or unwilling to carry a firearm to carry a high powered flashlight to blind assailants.
Bigger flashlights can be used as a club very easily, but i would recommend disengaging from the situation rather then standing and fighting. you should look for something small so you always have it on you.
I don’t know if the flashlight community is active here as it is on reddit (where I got the info to buy my flashight), but here it is: https://lemmy.world/c/flashlight
Mass immigration from certain very “unenlightened” areas may have ruined that forever, and also brought in an ideology that is extremely hostile to LGBT people and liberal values.
Police are investigating, but no arrests have been made.
They have surveillance footage and logs of so these people were from when they entered, surely. No arrests means they’re choosing to not arrest.
JFC I do not want to live in this reality.
Edit: I’ve played Infinite at least 10 times, and I still have no idea what happens if you throw the ball at the couple. I feel like if you press the default action button there, you should be put on a list.
Off topic and mild spoilers: this is one of the scenes that show that your choices don’t really matter (just like the coin toss and which pendant you want Elizabeth to wear). Regardless of your decision, the person next to Booker will grab his hand and point out his tattoo.
Time to arm yourselves… Everyone
This is strikingly similar to how Jews were treated in pre-war germany
Time to learn from history and not give in easily
Always has been. Welcome to planet earth.
Regardless of their politician position, Lemmy users aren’t exactly know for being passive push overs. Those types stayed on Reddit.
I’m slightly confused with this comment. Anything pro2a on lemmy gets massively downvoted and or removed. Lemmy is filled with antigun people. Hell look at my comment on this, people probably have me tagged as a gun nut and automatically downvote me. Not that I give a shit, but it shows how ignorant they are.
Lemmy users are most definitely passive pushovers when it comes to defense.
