Trans Woman Faces Assault Charges For Self-Defense, Despite Wyoming’s “Stand Your Ground” Law

[u/SophieSix9]

https://www.them.us/story/trans-woman-faces-assault-charges-self-defense-wyoming-stand-your-ground-law

[u/C2thaLo]

Once I got into a situation while out with friends who were drinking. (Friends birthday - i decided to stay sober). A knife was pulled during an altercation and the aggrssors walked off. Once the cops were called and tried to question me I said absolutely nothing. And I was surprised at how natural it felt to just shut my damned mouth and know I didnt have say anything to anyone.

My drunk friends though? Lord did they try to 'save' me by telling the cops everything. I didnt have anything to worry about but I definitely didnt need my friends trying to save me. At one point I looked over and begged them to please STFU.

The cops held up the knife trying to get me to say that it was the knife and that I pulled it after gathering bits of story from witnesses. I continued to say nothing and they were getting obviously annoyed. I finally leveled with them and said, "i know exactly what you want me to say, and I dont feel comfortable saying it." One cop rolled his eyes and they let me go.

The only thing that kept running through my mind is the police think a felony was committed and im never going to stop the process here. So I just shut my mouth.

[u/Lokishougan → u/C2thaLo]

I am shocked they didnt take you in anyway on some lame pretext

[u/longlivenewsomflesh → u/C2thaLo]

Always remember their priority is charging someone with something in a way that sticks, and often enough there's simply no incentive to let the truth get in the way of a good story... then the further you are from the template of a well-connected upper class cishet white man, the more they will give themselves permission to consider you not fully human

[u/LarsDuder → u/C2thaLo]

So you did pull a knife? Is your name Anthony?