Duanna Johnson says the officer beat her up after calling her all sorts of names and making fun of her sexuality. On the videotape you see Johnson being attacked. One officer is holding Johnson back, while another throws punches. Johnson says before the beating began the officer called her a "he/she" and a "faggot." . . . On the videotape you see employees standing around, but no one intervenes. A statement from the Memphis Police Department says no details can be released because of the internal investigation.
Ahem, we can see with our pained eyes all the details we need to know. And what we see are brutal bigots in the Memphis Police Department.
"This is really what a hate crime looks like. It clearly looks like from the video that people were looking the other way. That I think a symptom of the homophobia that exists within our community."
"I would just ask him why he has so much hatred? What could make another human being treat another human being like that?"
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