Earlier this week in news that was as shocking as placing your tongue on a 9-volt battery, officer Bridges McRae’s trial for the beating on transgender woman, Duanna Johson, ended in a mistrial. In spite of the entire beating being caught on tape and there being several eyewitnesses to the event on juror decided to hold out for the officer’s innocence.
But a hung jury does not a free man make… The trial has now been rescheduled for July and with all new jurors. My fingers are crossed that this time…they will give Duanna the justice that both she and her loved ones so justly deserve.
Memphis, TN – A new trial date has been set for the former Memphis police officer accused of beating a transgendered woman.
Bridges McRae will face a new jury on July 12, 2010 after jurors in his first trial could not reach a verdict. Eleven jurors thought he was guilty. One juror believed he was innocent.
McRae is accused of violating Duanna Johnson’s civil rights.
Surveillance video shown during the first trial showed McRae punching Johnson while she was being processed on a prostitution charge.
If convicted, McRae could face up to ten years in federal prison.
Duanna Johnson was shot and killed about nine months after the beating. Her murder remains unsolved.
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