D.C. police on Wednesday said they would not immediately open an investigation into a report by an eyewitness that a “mob” of about 20 young men attacked and repeatedly punched a transgender woman of color while shouting anti-trans insults about 10:15 p.m.
Saturday, June 20, on the 1200 block of U Street, N.W. The witness, nearby resident Andrea Earls, posted on Facebook and later told the Washington Blade she ran into the crowd attacking the trans woman and shouted for the assailants to stop while she hailed a taxi cab that enabled her to help the trans woman escape from the attackers by entering the cab.
Earls said she regrets not calling the 911 police emergency number at the time of the incident and she was unable to obtain the name