When Teddy Washington was walking with nine other black incoming Washington University students from the IHOP in Clayton back to campus, the last thing he expected was for the night to end in a confrontation with police officers. . . . . ..…

Twenty-six trans people have been killed so far in 2019, the vast majority of whom were Black transwomen. Dana Martin, Jazzaline Ware, Ashanti Carmon, Claire Legato, Muhlaysia Booker, Michelle “Tamika” Washington, Paris Cameron, Chynal Lindsey, Chanel Scurlock, Zoe Spears, Brooklyn..…

But when black people are killed, their killers are less likely to be found and charged with a crime. A recent Washington Post report found homicide cases in which black people were the victims were far less likely to be resolved by investigators: “While police arrested someone in..…