Last year, #LayleenPolanco died while detained at Rikers Island. Newly released footage show that after Polanco suffered a seizure, prison guards waited an hour and a half before calling for help. What did they do instead? They laughed at her. #SayHerName nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-ou…
#LayLeenPolanco was a Black trans woman who was detained because she couldn't afford bail. She was kept in solitary confinement, which is itself a form of torture. Prison officials knew she suffered from epilepsy yet they laughed instead of getting her quick medical attention.
#LayleenPolanco's story should make your blood boil. We have every right to be furious not only at the prison guards who laughed and let her die but also the racist & transphobic criminal justice system that was responsible for her being locked up in the first place. #SayHerName
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