Police mistreatment and abuse widespread in lesbian, gay, bisexual and ..

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transgender communities nationwide

New Amnesty International Study Finds LGBT People of Color and Youth Most Likely to Suffer; Calls on Police to Improve Training and Accountability

“The police are not here to serve; they are here to get served…every night I’m taken into an alley and given the choice between having sex or going to jail.” -- Amnesty International interview with a Native American transgender woman, Los Angeles

(New York) – In the most comprehensive report of its kind to date, Amnesty International (AI) reveals that police mistreatment and abuse of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are widespread nationwide and go largely unchecked due to underreporting and unclear, under-enforced or non-existent policies and procedures. <snip> http://www.amnesty.nl/persberichten/RB-PB018.shtml

[msongs]

1. maybe the hitler youth pope will protest this kinda thing? nt

[Cleita]

2. Underenforced and non-existent is right.

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