Current Events > Black transgender woman found 'burned beyond recognition' in Florida

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Machete
09/15/19 2:35:52 PM
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The body of black transgender woman was found burned in a car in Florida, and advocates say she is the 18th known transgender person to be killed this year.

Hendry County Sheriff's authorities told the Palm Beach Post Bee Love Slater, 23, was found "burned beyond recognition" in Clewiston, Florida on Sept. 4. Police are investigating her death as a homicide, according to the Post.

Captain Susan Harrelle of the Hendry County Sheriffs department told the Miami Herald that Slater's death will not be classified as a hate crime until they can "clearly prove" a motive.

Friends released pink balloons at a candlelight vigil for Slater last Friday. Dezmond Bass, 26, who attended the vigil called Slater "a bundle of joy."

"It just hurt me to see that that could happen to her," Bass told USA TODAY. "I didn't want this swept under rug. I needed to make sure everyone knew what happened to her."

Jackson Jacksonn, who met Slater four years ago, said she had been threatened on social media and was planning on leaving the city, but someone "got her before she was able to make her move."

Although Jackson doesn't believe her death was a hate crime, he expressed frustration at the slow police response.

"How can a murder of this magnitude in such a small town happen and nobody knows nothing?" he asked. "Theres something wrong with that picture."

Slater died the same week that Bailey Reeves, a 17-year-old black transgender teen was shot and killed in Baltimore, according to Human Rights Campaign. In June, the American Medical Association called violence against transgender people of color an epidemic.

Our society needs to work to ensure transpeople can live without fear, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida said on Facebook in response to Slaters death.

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Middle hope
09/15/19 3:00:19 PM
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Sounds like it was a hit


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Vicious_Dios
09/15/19 3:06:51 PM
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Jesus Christ.

RIP.
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Gamerguymass
09/15/19 3:11:35 PM
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I would hardly count 18 people in 8 1/2 months an epidemic. I mean more then 18 people have been murdered in the past month alone in Chicago. So if 18 is an epidemic what the hell do you call Chicago's murder rate?
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boxington
09/15/19 3:13:44 PM
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damn, no one should have to go through that.

Middle hope posted...
Sounds like it was a hit


due to the severity of what happened, it's likely a transphobic attack and murder.
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inloveanddeath0
09/15/19 3:28:20 PM
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Burned beyond recognition yet they could identify her. Okay then sure alright cool

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R1masher
09/15/19 3:28:56 PM
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inloveanddeath0 posted...
Burned beyond recognition yet they could identify her. Okay then sure alright cool


Well done
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Machete
09/15/19 3:30:16 PM
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Gamerguymass posted...
I would hardly count 18 people in 8 1/2 months an epidemic. I mean more then 18 people have been murdered in the past month alone in Chicago. So if 18 is an epidemic what the hell do you call Chicago's murder rate?


Are there are as many trans people of color in Florida as there are total people in Chicago? I'm going to need some stats on this before your question can be answered.
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Machete
09/15/19 3:31:45 PM
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inloveanddeath0 posted...
Burned beyond recognition yet they could identify her. Okay then sure alright cool


R1masher posted...
inloveanddeath0 posted...
Burned beyond recognition yet they could identify her. Okay then sure alright cool


Well done


which one of these statements applies to each of you?

a) I am trolling
b) I don't know what dental records are
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Kitt
09/15/19 3:33:45 PM
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inloveanddeath0 posted...
Burned beyond recognition yet they could identify her. Okay then sure alright cool

What a takeaway...
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