BLogs.NashvilleScene.com – by Brantley Hargrove
Another transgendered Memphian is dead: Identified initially as Dwayne Johnson, Duanna Johnson is the very same woman who was savagely beaten down in a Memphis jail by two cops. Johnson was initially picked up for prostitution back in February. When the Chicago native didn’t respond to a nasty name regarding her sexual preference and gender identity while in the intake area, a cop used his handcuffs as brass knuckles and punched her repeatedly in the face. Fortunately, the beat-down was caught on tape and Johnson sued the city for $3.1 million. Unfortunately, she never saw a penny. Someone shot her to death on Sunday. PITW would like to believe Memphis police would pursue her killer(s) as they would any others, but that may be naive.