ROGERS HAS THE LATEST FROM RIAH
MILTON’S SISTER.
ALEXIS: IT’S DIFFICULT BECAUSE
YOU NEVER THINK IT WOULD BE
SOMEONE WHO YOU LOVED WHO WAS
KILLED.
--
>> IT’S DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU
NEVER THINK IT WOULD BE SOMEONE
WHO YOU LOVED WHO WAS KILLED.
ALEXIS: RIAH MILTON’S SISTER
SAYS HER DEATH IN FAIRFIELD, IS
ANOTHER CASE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST
TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR.
NATIONWIDE, 14 TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED THIS
YEAR.
MILTON’S SISTER ARIEL MARYANN
TALKED ABOUT THE ISSUE ON THE
TODAY SHOW WITH AL ROKER THIS
MORNING.
>> WHEN YOU ARE CONSTANTLY
SEEING SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE
YOU BEING KILLED OR MURDERED, IT
CAN BE SCARY.
ALEXIS: JUNE 9 MILTON WAS SHOT
AND KILLED.
INVESTIGATORS SAY IT WAS A
ROBBERY.
THAT TOOK A DEADLY TURN.
TWO SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED
QUICKLY, INCLUDING A
14-YEAR-OLD.
THE BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS
MILTON’S DEATH WAS NOT A HATE
CRIME.
BUT HER SISTER TOLD ROKER SHE
BELIEVES MORE SHOULD BE DONE TO
PROTECT TRANSGENDER LIVES.
>> WE HAVE HEARD SO MUCH SINCE
GEORGE FLOYD’S MURDER.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THERE ARE
ENOUGH PEOPLE SAYING THE NAMES
OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN LOST INT
-- IN THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY?
>> I DON’T THINK SO.
I THINK IF YOU ARE GOING TO SAY
GEORGE FLOYD’S NAME, YOU NEED TO
SAY THE NAMES OF THESE WOMEN.
WHEN I SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER, I
MEAN ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER.
ALEXIS: MARYANN SAYING ALL BLACK
VOICES SHOULD BE HEARD EVERY
LIFE SHOULD BE CHERISHED.
>> UNTIL MY DYING BREATH, I WILL
CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR MY
SISTER.
I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE
RIGHT AND THE LIVES OF OTHER
BLACK TRANS PEOPLE BECAUSE WE
DESERVE TO LIVE OUR
