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A Letter to Commander Kennedy from Randy Wicker

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A letter from Randy Wicker to the commander of the sixth precinct of the New York Police Department explaining how the investigation into Marsha P. Johnson's death was mishandled, demanding that officer James Abrieu be removed from the case, and insisting that her death be properly investigated as a murder.

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Identifier
tb09j6054
Collection
Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
Institution
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
Creator(s)
Wicker, Randy
Date Issued
Oct. 3, 1992
Dates Covered
Jul. 1992 to Oct. 1992
Genre
Correspondence
Subject(s)
Bennie Toney
Marsha P. Johnson
Places
New York
Topic(s)
Attitudes of LGBTQ+ people toward police
Black transgender people
Drag queens
LGBTQ+ communities
LGBTQ+ death and dying
Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people
QTPOC
Transfeminine people
Resource Type
Text
Language
English
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