Washington, 40, was shot four times on the 3400 block of North 11th Street in the Franklinville neighborhood of North Philly. She died at Temple University Hospital. The district attorney s office did not prosecute the case as a hate crime, according to Assistant District Attorney Chesley Lightsey. We do not believe that Ms. Washington was killed because she was a transgender woman, Lightsey said during a news conference Monday at the William Way LGBT Community Center on Spruce Street. Certain cases may not be hate crimes, (but) there s definitely hate against trans women, added Kelly Burkhardt, an LGTBQ+ liaison for the district attorney s office. The average life expectancy of a trans woman, especially a trans woman of color, is 35 years old.
LaTonya Myers (Credit: Yoni Brook)
LaTonya “T.” Myers, Activist and Bail Navigator, Defender Association
Formerly incarcerated person-turned-activist and the first-ever Bail Navigator for the Defender Association of Philadelphia, a position to help those arrested navigate the bail review system.
Prior to joining the Defender Association, Myers’s life was upended while she sat in jail saddled with a $1,500 bail that she couldn’t afford to pay. She’d been in and out of the system for much of her life, but the issue of unaffordable bail and pretrial incarceration turned her onto activism.
Gave out what she called the Probation Awards, a ceremony recognizing people “doing their best to do good, but living under constant threat of incarceration.”
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Man accused of fatally shooting pregnant girlfriend; arrest warrant issued
Arrest warrant issued for pregnant woman s boyfriend after body found By KYW Staff | April 13, 2021 at 1:42 AM EDT - Updated April 13 at 1:56 AM
PHILADELPHIA (KYW) - Police in Philadelphia issued an arrest warrant for a man accused of fatally shooting his pregnant girlfriend, whose body was recovered nearly a week after she was reported missing.
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office announced Monday there are two suspects involved in the murder of 21-year-old Dianna Brice, who was four months pregnant with her second child. Her body was found April 5 in a wooded area in southwest Philadelphia. She was initially reported missing March 30.