(InformationLiberation) Sharing accused Philly mass shooter Kimbrady Watson Carriker’s photos of himself dressed up as a woman is a form of “violence,” according to Asa Khalif, a member of District Attorney Larry Krasner office’s LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee.
In the wake of a mass shooting in Philadelphia which claimed the lives of 5 adults, injuring 2 children, far-left activists [with the D.A.’s office] held a press conference to, in part, correct the media narrative on the alleged shooter’s identity.
“I want to discuss, very briefly because there is a nasty, violent– in terms of verbal and written words– spewed by the conservative press regarding the shooter,” [Khalif] said.
“There are certain pictures that are circulating–some of you may are be aware of those pictures–have the shooter in one picture as male and other pictures dressed in female attire or female outfits. They have used those pictures to attack trans people and particularly trans women of color, which are extremely vulnerable to violence in our community,” he continued.
Kimbrady Watson Carriker, a 40-year-old male who is expressed support for the BLM movement on his Facebook page, was arrested on Monday evening after allegedly shooting and killing five people and injuring two children in the Kingsessing neighborhood. Police said they apprehended a male suspect who was wearing a ballistic vest.
Additional photos show Carriker wearing female clothes, though the Facebook page does not indicate that the suspect personally identified as transgender.
D.A. Krasner’s office themselves initially referred to Carriker using “they/them” pronouns before shifting some time on Wednesday to calling him a male.
