Fifty Bandz, a Black trans woman, shot dead in cold blood. She’s the fifth trans American killed in 2021 so far
Fifty Bands. (Twitter/@fiftybandzzz) Fifty Bandz, a 21-year-old Black trans woman, has become the latest victim of a wave of violence against trans people in the US that activists and physicians have dubbed an “epidemic”. Bandz was shot to death in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on 28 January by her former partner, Michael Joshua Brooks, 20, according to The Advocate. Brooks told law enforcement that he pulled the trigger during an argument at the 5000 block of McClelland Drive in the Brookstown neighbourhood. The pair had been in a one-year-long relationship, Baton Rouge...