[Tsa] Fwd: murder kept quiet...

[Julian Padilla]

> The murder detailed in the story occurred only 3 days before  
> Lawrence King was
> slain. Why didn't it receive press? The victim, Senesha Stewart,  
> was a person
> of color and a transgendered sex worker. When reported in the New  
> York Daily
> News the headline read "Fooled John Stabbed Bronx Tranny". Several
> organizations [GLAAD and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project] complained  
> to the paper
> about the dehumanizing and inaccurate description of Ms. Stewart as  
> a "tranny",
> "man who dressed as a woman" and the use of male pronouns.
>
> The link is to an amended version of the New York Daily News article 
> [with an
> equally offensive new title]. The article, even in its edited form, is
> degrading.
>
> http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/ 
> 2008/02/10/2008-02-10_cops_excon_slays_bronx_transsexual_hooke.html
>
> How many more ruthless murders are going to be swept under the rug?