There has been another attack on trans people, this time a bombing. This time in Philadelphia and it was a bomb on a front porch of a house of a "safe haven" where a number of trans people live.
It today’s political climate where the president calls for violence against reporters, blacks, Latinos, and people who speak out against him. When college speakers instigates violence against minorities with impunity is it any wonder that hate crimes have increased?
Porch Explosion Tied To Possible Hate Crime Against Transgender People, Philly Police SayThis is not the first time they were attacked, last year someone shot paintballs at people sitting on the porch.
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By David Spunt
June 28, 2018
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia police are investigating a possible hate crime following an explosion at a home where transgender people live last weekend.
It happened on the 5000 block of Woodland Avenue around 9:45 p.m. on June 23.
Surveillance video captured two men walking by a home. Police say one of the men set an object on fire, which then exploded once the suspect threw it onto the porch.
Police say the explosion, which is being called a deliberate act, damaged the porch but the suspects continued to walk west on Woodland Avenue.
Authorities tell CBS3 that more than a dozen transgender people live inside the home. At the time of the blast, seven people were inside, but they were not injured.
It today’s political climate where the president calls for violence against reporters, blacks, Latinos, and people who speak out against him. When college speakers instigates violence against minorities with impunity is it any wonder that hate crimes have increased?
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