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First federal trial for a hate crime based on gender identity starts over trans woman's killing

The first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity began Tuesday in South Carolina, where a man faces charges that he killed a Black transgender woman by shooting her three times in the head. ....

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First federal trial for a hate crime based on gender identity starts over trans woman's killing – Trentonian

A man faces charges that he killed a Black transgender woman by shooting her three times in the head. The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that in August 2019, Daqua Lameek Ritter coaxed her into driving to a sparsely populated rural county. ....

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Landmark federal trial opens in trans woman's killing | National & World News

The first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity began Tuesday in South Carolina, where a man faces charges that he killed a Black transgender woman by shooting her three times in the head. The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that in August 2019, Daqua Lameek Ritter coaxed her into driving to a sparsely populated rural county. In recent years there has been a surge in attacks on the LGBTQ+ community with transgender women of color facing disproportionately high rates of violence. In 2022, the number of gender identity-based hate crimes reported by the FBI increased by 37% compared to the previous year.

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