Beating of Chrissy Lee Polis
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title:
Beating of Chrissy Lee Polis
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Chrissy Lee Polis is a transgender woman who was beaten in an anti-transgender motivated hate crime on April 18, 2011, at a McDonald's in Rosedale, Maryland, just northeast of the city limits of Baltimore. A video of the beating was posted online and went viral. The attack had been conducted by teenage girls, aged 14 and 19. They were both prosecuted. The case heightened awareness of violence against transgender people in Maryland and protests were conducted. A state law that had protections for
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2011 hate crime
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beating_of_Chrissy_Lee_Polis
date created:
2012-05-16T04:46:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T23:54:27Z
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