Over 400 mourners celebrated the life of Muhlaysia Booker, a transgender woman of color shot and killed in Texas. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and other city officials attended to show their respects.
Booker was the victim of a mob beating a little more than a month before she was killed. Video of the vicious attack went viral on social media and spawned national outrage.
The attack started after a minor traffic accident when the other driver pulled a gun on Booker and refused to let her leave until she paid for the damages. According to police, people shouted “That’s what your fa**ot ass gets,” “Get that fa**ot out of our hood,” and “Shoot that punk ass” at her while she was being beaten.
Towards the end of the video, she was dragged off by a group of women. She was taken to a hospital where she was treated for facial fractures and a broken wrist. Her arm was put in a sling.
Police declared that Booker died due to “homicidal violence.” Her body was found by police after they received a report of a shooting. Officers pronounced her dead on the scene.
Police arrested Edward Thomas, 29, for his role in the beating. According to court records, someone offered Thomas $200 to beat Booker as the crowd gathered at the accident scene. According to Thomas’s arrest affidavit, he admitted to beating Booker but not to shouting the slurs.
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