Third Black Transgender Girl Discovered Useless In Dallas
The Dallas Police Division is enlisting the assistance of the FBI after a second Black transgender girl was discovered lifeless in two weeks.
Throughout a June three press convention, Dallas Police Chief U. Reneé Corridor recognized the sufferer as 26-year-old Chynal Lindsey. Lindsey’s physique was present in a lake and confirmed “apparent indicators of homicidal violence,” Corridor mentioned.
Lindsey’s dying occurred simply two weeks after the killing of Muhlaysia Booker, a transgender girl who was shot to dying on Could 18.
Corridor mentioned the division requested for the FBI to assist decide if the circumstances have been a part of a hate crime.
“We all know that is the second particular person who’s transgender who’s deceased in our neighborhood and we’re involved,” Corridor advised reporters Monday. “We’re actively and aggressively investigating this case and we now have reached out to our federal companions for help.”
In an announcement to CBS Dallas, the FBI mentioned they’re ready to work with Dallas Police and can help if federal civil rights violations are detected. Presently, hate crime fees underneath Texas legislation don’t embody protections for transgender people. Subsequently, if the murders have been acts of hate, federal prosecutors could must file fees.
The deaths of Booker and Lindsey convey the present whole variety of open, unsolved homicides of transgender folks in Dallas to 4, Dallas police Maj. Vincent Weddington mentioned on the press convention.
The opposite open circumstances embody killings from 2018 and 2015. All 4 of the victims are Black transgender girls.
It stays unclear if the Dallas police division believes the killings are associated.
Booker was discovered lifeless weeks after she was assaulted on digicam by a mob of people throughout a site visitors dispute. Booker’s dying introduced consideration to the excessive variety of unsolved assaults towards transgender girls of shade.
In a press convention final week, Weddington mentioned the division is investigating doable hyperlinks between Booker’s killing and different assaults on transgender girls, together with the stabbing of transgender girl in April.
Lindsey is a minimum of the sixth Black transgender girl to be killed within the U.S. in 2019, based on the Human Rights Marketing campaign.