Ally Lee Steinfeld, a transgender teen whose birth name was Joseph Matthew Steinfeld Jr. (Courtesy of Amber Steinfeld via AP)The body discovered by police had been butchered — eyes gouged out, genitals slashed. On Wednesday, prosecutors announced the defendants would not be charged with a hate crime. Between 5,000 and 7,000 hate crime incidents are reported each year to the FBI. “That is a hate crime in itself.”Steinfeld is the 21st transgender person killed in 2017, according to a count by Human Rights Campaign. Amber Steinfeld told the AP her daughter, Calderas, Vrba and Schauer were all living in the Cabool trailer.

Source: Washington Post September 28, 2017 09:11 UTC