From Gay Star News: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/uk-trans-community-protest-against-police-brutality010313
A newly formed pressure group, Protest Transphobia, is to hold a peaceful protest against police transphobia, outside a London police station tomorrow.
The protest follows a incident revealed by Gay Star News, where Jose Dos Santos, a 49 year-old, transgender woman was allegedly mocked and handled with excessive force by the Metropolitan Police in Soho, the gay center of the UK capital, last week.
Johnson, who was a witness to the attack and prefers to be identified only by his surname, reported to Gay Star News: ‘The victim then had her wig ripped from her head, her handbag and purse literally emptied out on the road, so her personal belongings were damaged and scattered around her.
‘Meanwhile police officers mocked her for her dress and having feminine items in her handbag shouting at her: “You’re not normal! We’ll let you get up in a few minutes but you need to act like a normal human being”.’
He also claimed police used excessive force in restraining her.
Protest Transphobia member and co-organizer Fathias Yanez commented: ‘The attack on Ms Santos fills me with despair. Why is transphobia still acceptable? Will we ever be treated as humans and be safe? We are resisting transphobia!’
Although this protest will target the police station and officers directly involved in last week’s incident, the group aims to raise national awareness of the transphobia which they say is rife throughout UK police forces.
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