An Inmate Beating Brings Up Issue of Transgender Discrimination in Memphis

The Memphis Flyer | June 27, 2008
A video leaked from the Shelby County Correction Center shows Officer Bridges McRae repeatedly punching Duanna Johnson inside a waiting room at the jail. The 18-minute video has no audio, but Johnson claims McRae assaulted her after she refused to respond to homophobic slurs of "he/she" and "faggot."

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