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.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — 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 and then fled to New York. The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that in August 2019, Daqua Lameek
Prosecutors say the suspect shot the victim, Allendale resident Dime Doe, three times because he feared of being exposed for having a homosexual relationship.
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 and then fled to New York.