Deal reached in transgender attack at McDonalds (Baltimore)

[theHandpuppet]

I don't know how many of you are familiar with this case but the viciousness of this beating, as captured on video, was sickening beyond belief. Five years in the slammer is the least Ms. Brown deserves.

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/blog/2011/08/deal_reached_in_transgender_at.html
Deal reached in transgender attack at McDonalds

Breaking news from Andrea Siegel:

A teenager whose beating of a transgender woman at a Rosedale McDonald's was captured on a video (one above is from a McDonald's surveillance camera, provided by the Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office) that went viral online pleaded guilty Thursday to the attack.

Teonna Monae Brown, 19, pleaded guilty in a Baltimore County courtroom to one court of first-degree assault and one count of a hate crime in the attack on Chrissy Polis, 22, said Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger.

The April attack brought attention nationwide to the plight of transgender people, with thousands signing online petitions and holding rallies. Prosecutors expect to seek a prison term of five years when Brown is sentenced next month.

The girl who was charged as a juvenile in the same attack admitted her role in juvenile court on July 1 and was committed to a locked facility, Shellenberger said.

VIDEO at link

[William769]

1. Hopefully 5 years will give that animal time to think about what she did.

The animal mentality from that video makes me want to :puke:

Rec.

[Aerows]

2. Purely tragic when I watch that video

It makes me want to heave. The only person who dared was the woman that stood up.

Her purse was big enough that she could have brained all of them, but all she did was talk her down.

Good woman, and better than I would have been.

[tonekat]

3. Only Five Years? Too Lenient! N/T