Talk:Death of Tyra Hunter

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transgender/transgendered

Please leave the word transgender as-is. Transgendered is incorrect and is not, in fact a legitimate way to refer to transgender people. Thanks! 72.67.93.133 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 07:19, 8 June 2010 (UTC).

What happened to those responsible?

Is there any information on what happened to those withholding medical care and caused her death? At the very least I'd think they'd have been fired. Celynn (talk) 06:30, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

In answer to the above question: In either late 1995 or perhaps early 1996, a group of activists were in the DC area for a couple of reasons. I was with this group and wanted to be able to speak with Marion Barry, the mayor at the time, in order to find out the identity of the paramedics/EMT's that were on scene in order to get some explanation as to her treatment. I was successful in talking to Mayor Barry's scheduler in his office upon his morning arrival. A meeting was set up with a "couple" of us with Fire Chief Latin later that day (if my memory serves me, it was that afternoon). We expressed our concerns and wanted to know who was responsible for the lack of medical care and derogatory remarks made at the scene. Fire Chief Latin assured us that a through investigation was being made and that the responsible parties would be held up for disciplinary action. We did call for their dismissal but I for one was not made aware of their ultimate disciplinary action, which is not unusual, unfortunately, in a case like this. We did bring attention to this incident however in front of City Hall where the Mayor's Office is located,, marching back and forth carrying signs noting the egregious treatment of Ms Hunter. We were also successful in getting Mayor Barry on national television, to renounce this treatment of Ms. Hunter and to assure us that he would make sure that the incident was investigated thoroughly. Hope this helps answer somewhat. tbnlh (talk) 23:27, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Why were they not charged with murder? 86.176.217.212 (talk) 02:05, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

Such a good question. It’s not like we didn’t support that but at that time we had to get some accountability against those who were present at the time. We were successful in bringing disciplinary actions against the paramedics who were present as well as getting trans education and sensitivity training into the departments. tbnlh (talk) 16:55, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Washington Post and other sources

...failed to diagnose Hunter's injuries and follow nationally accepted standards of care. The lawsuit alleged in part that Bastien misread X-rays that are now missing, decided against inserting a chest tube to drain blood that pooled near Hunter's heart and did not give Hunter four units of blood that were available.

— https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/12/12/death-suit-costs-city-29-million/b8ab4d34-1907-463c-b5d5-64ec00dee2a1/

This Washington Post article makes the court case seem to be more about incompetence than prejudice. It's the first RS I found so there's doubtless more information available.

The Gendercentre Australia article is not a great source, partly because it includes the entire Wikipedia article. It's a dead link, but there is an archive copy here.

There's enough barebones details about the RTA in reliable sources.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 03:59, 14 June 2020 (UTC).