Janice Raymondism is Alive and Well and Trolling at the Baltimore Sun

A fairly straightforward article in the Baltimore Sun about one of Chrissy Polis’s murderer-wannabees pleading to an assault (with hate crime) charge:

A teenager whose beating of a transgender woman at aRosedale McDonald’s was captured on a video that went viral online pleaded guilty Thursday to the attack.

Teonna Monae Brown, 19, pleaded guilty in a Baltimore County court to one court of first-degree assault and one count of a hate crime in the attack on Chrissy Polis, 22, said Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger.

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Prosecutors expect to seek a prison term of five years when Brown is sentenced next month.

A few commenters expressed dismay that Brown might get off with as little as five years,

But, as you might imagine, a few others seemed ready to equate Teonna Monae Brown to Sacco & Vanzetti:

Uh huh…

Nice racism feint there “CityResident1,” but I think most of us have a pretty strong suspicion as to who might actually take the side of of someone who tries to kill a trans woman when the venue of such an attack involves a women’s restroom (speaking of which…where is my can of Raid?).  Nevertheless, “CityResident1″ wasn’t alone:

Send appropriate ‘thank you’s to Maury Povich, Jerry Springer, et. al., for their decades of exploitation.

[Cross-posted at ENDABlog]