Good Samaritan Beaten Protecting Trans Woman

[ccharles000]

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/07/070908bash.htm

(New York City) A priest who attempted to protect a 21 year old transwoman from four teens who were hitting and verbally harassing her was beaten in front of a shelter for gay and trans young people.

The teens were pelting Alessandra-Michelle Carver with garbage and yelling transphobic insults outside the Carmen's Place shelter in Queens when Fr Louis Braxton attempted to chase the youths away.

"One of them hit me with a garbage can," Carver told The Daily News. "Then his friends started joining in."

Braxton, who runs the shelter, was able to scare off the teens while Carver made it inside the building. But minutes later the youths returned with metal poles, belts, and construction equipment including empty paint cans and a miter saw, and began beating Braxton.

[Fovea]

1. Well I'm proud to be a Murkin.

You know, in a free country, people are free to do things. -- Don Rumsfeld

[LostinVA]

2. Good for the Padre -- and to hell with transphobia

Including on here. TG folks are considered freaks who are fair game to many poeple, for ridicule, violence, hate. I've seen it IRL and I've seen it on here. It's disgusting.

[flvegan]

3. Yes, they caught the little shits!

"In making their escape the four ran past Transportation Authority Police officers who apprehended them.

Charged with assault as a hate crime, gang assault, weapon possession and harassment are two 17-year olds, a 16-year old and a 15-year old."

Assholes are lucky, if you ask me. In some states/locales, the story would likely have been that 3 were apprehended and one had his head shredded by a .45.

[tkmorris]

4. Madness

Those kids need.... I don't know what. Help of some kind. How do you cure nihilism anyway? This is Clockwork Orange type shit. Throwing them into juvie isn't going to do them any good I don't think.

[ccharles000]

5. I agree

[nomorenomore08]

7. The "Clockwork Orange" comparison is very fitting.

Scary world we live in... :scared:

[LeftyMom]

6. My worry is that this might scare people away from using the shelter.

Those kids should have the book thrown at them.

[ColbertWatcher]

9. That's what I was thinking...all shelters probably.

Everyone should be wary of the bored, macho and out-of-school.

[scheming daemons]

8. That priest is a genuine hero.

[Heidi]

10. Kick for Fr. Braxton!

:kick: