RaLasia Jaquil Wright

Death by Force

In the cold of a Minneapolis December, the life of a 25-year-old Black and Puerto Rican transgender woman, Ra'Lasia Jaquil Wright, was tragically cut short. On the first day of the month in 2024, her body was discovered in the 3300 block of 10th Avenue South, near Powderhorn Park. It was her own family and friends who, after not hearing from her since the previous night, used her phone's location data to find her. She was found unresponsive, having suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. The Henn ...Read More

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