Transgender woman, 4 teens all face charges after attack

Debra

Dagobah Resident
TUKWILA, Wash. - An investigation has found that a Seattle transgender woman who was attacked by four teens outside a Metro bus last week actually instigated the violence herself and should be charged with third-degree felony assault, sheriff's officials say.

The four teens should be charged with fourth-degree assault - but not a hate crime - because the motivation for their attack was retaliation against the woman, not her gender or orientation, the investigation found.

[...]a review of video from onboard the Metro bus showed that the transgender woman was the initial aggressor, using pepper spray in an unprovoked attack on the four juveniles as they sat at the back of the bus, said Sgt. Ryan Abbott of the King County Sheriff's Office.
 
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