#layleenpolanco

[voidingintotheshout]

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Layleen Polanco's case: updates

NYC has recently agreed to pay $5.9 million to the family of the transgender woman who died in solitary confinement at the Rikers Island jail complex last year. The 27-year-old suffered an epileptic seizure after officials placed her in solitary confinement against medical advice. She was sent to Rikers because she couldn't afford to pay a $500 bail. Her death sparked protests against transgender discrimination in the criminal justice system. And led Mayor Bill de Blasio to call for an end to solitary confinement at city jails. The settlement is reportedly the biggest one NYC's ever paid over an inmate's death at Rikers.

Via The Skimm.

[thelostrecord]

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

“We called off Pride. Now it’s Gay Wrath Month.” Some more beautiful scenes and signs from the #TransResistance Vigil and March in Boston this past Saturday. It is heartening to see so many pouring out across the nation to rallies, protests, and vigils to say that #BlackTransLivesMatter and to lift up the names of #RiahMilton, #DominiqueFells, #LayleenPolanco, #TonyMcDade, #MarshaPJohnson, and all the other black trans lives cut short and given no justice. #transresistancema #transresistanceboston #transresistancemarchboston #translivesmatter #transrights #transrightsarehumanrights #nojusticenopeace #blacklivesmatter #blm #lgbt #lgbtqia #lgbtpride #pridemonth #pride2020 #gaywrathmonth #resistance https://www.instagram.com/p/CBdLX-ngmbn/?igshid=s1f8w9lasgaw

[headunderheals]

Repost from @elizabethrestaurant_and_co • Say their names. #riahmilton #remmiefells #tonymcdade #layleenpolanco #defundthepolice #8toabolition #policebrutality #blm #blacklivesmatter #blacktranslivesmatter https://www.instagram.com/p/CBcQHCGj4u3/?igshid=kvfli8imibc3

[caribbeaeequalityproject]

Today, we joined our board member @doroshow, the founder of @glits_inc and over 15,000 people for the #BrooklynLiberation rally, an action to honor #BlackTransLives and to demand justice for #LayleenPolanco, #TonyMcDade and #DominiqueRemmieFells and so many others lost to police violence. . . . . . . . #blacklivesmatter #caribbean #lgbtq #pride #pridemonth #caribbeanequalityproject #brooklyn #nyc (at Brooklyn Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBb4hgKB5vs/?igshid=c3oi5eoae9ng

[majoredinsike-blog]

#layleenpolanco ‼️saw these lovelies at #nycpride . Layleen, an afrolatinx trans woman, was found dead in her cell at Rikers. #justiceforlayleen ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzlm0D0nTWx/?igshid=gjeou0gbtx6n

[cuzbruce]

#repost @afropunk ・・・ Artwork seen on twitter from @svcanals • Rest In Peace to #layleenpolanco who was found dead on Friday in her cell on Rikers. Her family, friends, loved ones have been given no explanation. #allblacklivesmatter #justiceforlayleen https://www.instagram.com/p/ByjBwtlAjnb/?igshid=zbrzck098yhi

[vixennoirsworld]

#StopKillingUs Posted @withrepost • @janetmock Heartbroken and enraged from the harsh reality that Layleen Polanco, who was incarcerated on Rikers Island, was found dead in her cell on Friday. Folks are gathering Monday in NYC and collecting donations to help lay her to rest. Links are in my stories. We need to show up for trans women of color. We need to #CloseRikers. We need to check and challenge any one seeking to police our bodies, genders and identities. Rest in power, Layleen. #closerikersnow #twoc #layleenpolanco #justiceforlayleen #girlslikeus https://www.instagram.com/p/Byftb4tBuQj/?igshid=1hibxyc8ppsw9