Tuesday, July 14, 2009

2 arrested in Queens bias attack on transgender female

BY Irving Dejohn
and Brendan Brosh
DAILY NEWS WRITERS

Updated Friday, July 10th 2009, 1:57 AM

A transgender female walking down a Queens street was attacked by a pair of bigoted thugs who pelted her with rocks and beer bottles, prosecutors said.

"I was being attacked because of who I am," said victim Carmella Etienne, 22.

"I'm pretty traumatized."

Nathaniel Mims, 25, and Rasheed Thomas, 22, allegedly screamed anti-gay slurs and threatened to cut the woman's throat Wednesday night in St. Albans.

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