Woman Sentenced To 5 Years In McDonald’s Transgender Attack

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: WJZ

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — A woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison with five years suspended for her role in the beating of a transgender woman inside a Rosedale McDonald’s earlier this year.

Teonna Brown, 19, pleaded guilty after she was caught on tape viciously attacking 22-year-old Chrissy Polis.

All but five years was suspended. Brown will serve three years probation when she is released.

In court, Brown issued an apology to the victim.

Read more: http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2011/09/13/woman-sentenced-to-5-years-in-rosedale-transgender-attack/

[Warpy]

1. Good, time off the streets will allow both of them to grow up a little

and if there's anything worthwhile about either of them, it's a good thing.

In any case, it will keep them off the streets and that's a public safety thing.

I said at the time the punk who filmed the whole thing did a service by catching it on tape and providing evidence. The call to the cops should have come first, though.

I hope Ms. Polis continues to heal. She needs to know we're not all bad.

[Rebubula]

2. Good

Glad to see that this case has closed with a prison sentence. This was a horrible attack that started because someone was different.


Hate crimes can apply to anyone.

[DissedByBush]

11. Hate crime two ways

She was attacked because she is white. From the victim:

"“I wanted to go use the bathroom and the guy told me that I needed to order something before I had to use the bathroom. Well, by the time I got there I was really needing to use the bathroom. So a guy approached me and asked me how I was doing, so I said ‘not now.’ I went to go use the bathroom. Come back out and the girl spit in my face and she approached me, she said, ‘Are you trying to talk to my man?’ I said, ‘No, I didn’t even know that was your man at all. So the other girl came up and spit in my face and they started ripping my hair, throwing me on the floor, kicking me in my face."

This type of crime is becoming more commonplace. They find a vulnerable white girl, make up some excuse ("You looking at my man?" or equivalent is common) and attack her. It is a hate crime IMHO.

Then they got more vicious when they found out she is a transsexual.

The criminal should be in jail for at least ten years on a double hate crime sentence.

[alp227]

13. So is it not racist to consider "scary black people" a threat to whites?

We all know that there's been a history of white hate crimes against blacks, especially against that man in Mississippi (James Craig Anderson) where some white teenagers ran him over and called him the N-word. But now if i'm not misunderstanding you what you're saying is that white Americans should be afraid to mingle in majority-black areas like Baltimore because of incidents like this. On the other hand the "you looking at my man" excuse attitude could've been toward anyone, even another black woman, and hell is even extensive towards other races too. I think it's more a problem of both narcissism and homophobia rather than "reverse racism" as conservatives who want to cry "persecuted white Christian" will want to say.

[Dogtown]

16. Agreed. n/t

[DissedByBush]

17. It's not racist when they attack

This isn't isolated. It is a trend.

There's no such thing as reverse racism. There's just racism.

[LanternWaste]

23. Conjecture or verifiable?

"This type of crime is becoming more commonplace. They find a vulnerable white girl..."

Conjecture or verifiable?

[DissedByBush]

25. It's true

You may not like it, but racism goes all sorts of directions.

Look up flash mobs.

When it's just a girl beaten up the attackers tend to be girls.

The attackers are mixed or male when the target is mixed or male.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/125027704.html

"Oh, white girl bleeds a lot."

It's just a sick sport to these animals.

Yes, animals, same as the animals who killed Matthew Shepard, same as the animals who killed James Byrd.

Their race doesn't make them immune to that accurate description.

Unless you think I'm being unfair to animals, then I may agree.

[xchrom]

3. Recommend

[ThomCat]

4. Why only 5 years? Why only 3 years probation?

She could have had 15 years, and 10 more for this being a hate crime. Didn't they think that this was a hate crime?

If she had been a transgendered woman who was videotaped viciously attacking and beating a straight woman that way, do you think she would have only received 5 years in prison, and 3 years of probation? Or would the prosecution and judge both be calling her a monster of the worst kind, and would they be locking her away for the full 25 years just to make the point?

[cutlassmama]

6. +1

[CC]

7. She was convicted of a hate crime

and her sentence is pretty long for the system. Hell, people have killed people and not gotten sentenced to that much time. She was actually sentenced to 10 years with 5 years suspended. Her 3 years probation will start after the 5 years is up even if she gets parole early with good time so she will be in the system for at least 8 years if she never does anything else illegal. That matter because if she should get out and commit another crime they can with draw the suspension and make her serve the whole sentence minus time served. (If she did well she could petition the court for a reduced sentence in the future. )


Edited to add= Just watched coverage on the local news. I feel for Crissy who lost her job etc. after being attacked and has emotional damage along with what they did to her physically. Also the lady that tried to help her was interviewed and has emotional damage from it too. I don't think the sentence is long enough either but then I usually disagree with sentences and think those that hurt others should serve more time.

[valerief]

5. Ten years for a beating. Zero years for an illegal war by war criminals. Justice is a joke.

Of course, Brown should be punished for the assault. I just can't help compare how justice is so unfairly meted out.

[alp227]

12. well this was a hate crime

but what does the Bush administration have to do with it? Homophobia is a big problem in America, and this sentencing sends the message that it is NOT a justification to brutalize someone.

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[Demeter]

8. Hell of a Headline

I think mentioning the state would have been more significant than that it took place in a McDonalds.


....I was wondering if Ronald was now known as Rhonda.

[BobbyBoring]

9. What's also disturbing?

The article read like it was wrote buy sumbody that don't no english,

I think the sentence is a fair one though and I hope Mc Donalds pays BIG!

[ingac70]

14. It was a franchise...

so McDonalds corp won't be paying a dime.

[GreenStormCloud]

20. Why should McDonalds pay? They didn't commit the crime.

Their employees aren't cops and aren't required to jump into a customer fight. If they called 911 then they did all they are supposed to do.

[bigworld]

26. Their employee videotaped it and laughed

There's definitely some negligence here

[GreenStormCloud]

27. Laughing isn't against the law. Did they refuse to call 911?

Laughing may be distastefull, but it isn't illegal.

[BeyondGeography]

10. Lenient

[The Northerner]

15. K&R n/t

[Evasporque]

18. hateful sow...prison is appropriate....

Hopefully she will come to understand fully what she had done....and live the rest of her life helping others not hating.

[closeupready]

19. Not long enough, but five years when you are 19 is a LONG time.

She'll have time to think about what she did.

[okieinpain]

21. so the victim is going to sue the people that video taped

the beating because they didn't get involved. of course without the tape they probably would have gotten away with it. lol, a helping hand is best kept in your pocket.

[ooglymoogly]

22. How transparent. nt