A South Carolina man has been found guilty of killing a Black transgender woman in the nation’s first federal hate crime trial over gender identity. Jurors decided Friday that Daqua
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man has been found guilty of killing a Black transgender woman in the nation s first federal hate crime trial over gender identity. Jurors decided Friday that Daqua Lameek Ritter fatally shot Dime Doe in 2019, because of her gender identity. Ritter was also convicted of using a firearm in connection with the crime and obstructing justice. The four-day trial centered on the secret sexual relationship between Doe and Ritter, who had grown agitated in the weeks preceding the killing by the exposure of their affair in the small town of Allendale, South Carolina, according to witness testimony and text messages obtained by the FBI. Defense lawyers argued that no physical evidence pointed to Ritter.
COLUMBIA, S.C. A South Carolina man was found guilty Friday of killing a Black transgender woman after the exposure of their secret sexual relationship, in the nation s first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity.
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