Comments on: RIP: Duanna Johnson

By: Mainstream media & the spectacle of racism « Bandung 1955

Mainstream media & the spectacle of racism « Bandung 1955 — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:59:35 +0000

[...] Cannon being openly gay and trans, pushed for hate crime charges. The same month and year, Duanna Johnson was “found dead” in Memphis, Tennessee, around the time that she was preparing to file a [...]

By: LZ Granderson: Gay is Not the New Black « Kenyon Farrow

LZ Granderson: Gay is Not the New Black « Kenyon Farrow — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:25:09 +0000

[...] targeted at Black queers–we still see that to this day, as last year black transgender woman Duanna Johnson was beaten by Memphis police officers while handcuffed in the precinct, and was later shot to death [...]

By: THADDEUS MATTHEWS

THADDEUS MATTHEWS — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:26:45 +0000

I am a local radio talk show host in memphis who has been following this case. I received a call early Monday morning on my cell about 5;45 I didn’t answer the phone but a message was left where a person was whispering stating that Duanna Johnson was dead and that Memphis police were going to state that 3 black men shot her.

What I find strange is that the person knew the ID before Duanna’s name was released. It is my belief that Duanna was the victim of a hit by police. The are that Duanna was killed was on the street where she lived where she would not have been working since all in the area knew what her real gender happen to be.

something is wrong with this case which homicide is not working hard to solve.
And by the way I copied the message and have played it on my radio show

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:58:06 +0000

i had seen the video but hadn’t heard that she was killed. its depressing (she was living in an apt without power while trying to get to chicago!) and i feel angry and impassioned– “sick and tired of being sick and tired.” there was a video about her case on the memphis news, and the cop was fired, but as usual the mainstream media picked up and sensationalized a story and then abandoned it (and her). i wonder what orgs there (if any) are in memphis (or surrounding cities/states–arkansas for instance) addressing this type of violence against trans folks…maybe folks from song would know or are doing organizing around it?

By: TEvans

TEvans — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:36:49 +0000

Sad indeed… The lives some of us lead are not at all easy. You just gotta try to do the best with what you got… RIP — AND FLY — lil Bro…

By: Micah

Micah — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:02:35 +0000

This is really sad. I’ll post this in my blog too. it’s a shame that with prop 8 stuff going on this will be completely overlooked in CA…

By: steadycat

steadycat — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:30:56 +0000

This is awful.