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We are seeing Republican Rhetoric paying off for the bigots, Transpeople are no longer safe
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.
This is MPD we're taking about...
They’re too busy beating up unarmed black civilians.
What the actual fuck. This is beyond words, and I hope those two women heal quickly. They didn't deserve that.
The wastes of human flesh that did this and cheered for it need to be jailed and put on a list like sex offenders. I know there's problems with that system but there's gotta be some kind of action people can do to help trans folks stay safe. A hate crime list would be a way to start.
I don't know about the legality of assembling one outside official channels, but people can pressure their states to make one since the infrastructure is already there.
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
LGBT people were treated the same way, this is how it starts.
Jesus, thats my worst nightmare.
Onlookers aren't just afraid to step-in, but actually all cheering for the oppressor.
How much do you want to bet some of them saw a Russian psyop of a right winger getting attacked first on Twitter boosted by musk and believed it was real
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.
May their children marry trans people and their siblings decide not to bother inviting them to holidays
I'd rather they come to learn compassion and tolerance. So hatred and violence can stop.
Americans in all their Ugliness is on parade and evil has been unleashed.
My live reaction:
Crowd cheered as two transgender women...
:D
...were attacked in Minneapolis
D:
I guess its my fault for being even slightly optimistic.
It’s not our “Homelander lasers a protester”-moment, but we’re getting there
If the last few weeks hasn’t beaten the optimism out of you, please tell me which cave you are hiding in so I can come join you.
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.
It seems that after the George floydd protests across the nation, comprehensive police/justice system reform was prevented in most places. That's the 1% telling us the protests didn't go far enough.
Go further.
Well George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis so it's not looking too great there
Black people are (still) getting murdered by cops everywhere. What set Minneapolis apart was that they didn't stand by and watch, they did something about it. Sadly, that isn't what happened in this story.
I thought Minneapolis was one of the more enlightened places in the USA.
The sad part is... it is.
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.
My take is Minnesota in general is very divided. There are some very cool people there but also some very horrible ones. The cool ones are winning but that doesn't mean they win every time or that it's inevitable that they win.
This is not the first instance of transgender women getting attacked at MPLS public transit stations either. There was another such attack in the last few years at a MPLS bus station a couple miles south of my place.
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.