S.C. man found guilty of killing Black trans woman in first federal hate crime trial based on gender identity

A federal jury on Friday found a South Carolina man guilty of fatally shooting a Black transgender woman nearly five years ago because of her gender identity. Daqua Lameek Ritter, 26, was convicted of a hate crime for the murder of Pebbles LaDime “Dime” Doe in the nation’s first-ever federal hate crime trial based on gender identity. Ritter was also found guilty on all other charges in the ...

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