Members of the LGBT community held a rally in Brooklyn after a transgender woman was assaulted in their neighborhood.
Police say Friday night the victim was walking to a friend’s house in Bushwick when four men started arguing with her.
Police say one of the men knocked her unconscious with a plexigass board, leaving her on the street.
It happened near Bushwick Avenue and Halsey Street.
Police say a good Samaritan flagged down a police car and the woman was brought to the hospital.
The 28-year-old victim was with another friend at the time.
Those who know her say she was hoping to escape violence by coming to the city.
“I’m just overwhelmed because this young woman came to New York from Utah to make a life for herself in a community where she would be safe as a transgender person, and she came all this way only to find violence instead of safety,” one person said.
“It’s like a sister falling aside because of somebody that wants to hate and wants to bash on our community,” another person said.
Police say the NYPD’s hate crimes unit is investigating.
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