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Dominique Jackson, a Black transgender woman, will be added to that list this year. Jackson was shot and killed January 25 on Rose Street ... SkiptocontentNewsWatchLiveTrafficWeatherSportsMississippiWeekendGreatHealthDivideWhat'sOnTVAboutUsSearchHomePowerofPinkWatchLiveWLBTAppsSubmitYourPicsConnect.Shop.SupportLocal.ConversationsNewsNationalInvestigateCrimeMississippiStrongGoodNewsInterviewsConsiderThisEditorialEducationJacksonCrimeJacksonHomicidesCitizenSolutionsWeatherSkycamsClosingsRequestaFirstAlertWeatherSchoolVisitCoronavirusCOVID-19inMiss.SportsTheEndZoneHSFootballScoresMississippiStateOleMissSWACSaintsFinalPlayAppWendy’sGiantoftheWeekHealthGreatHealthDivide28DaysofHeartBabyFacesHealthNewsPowerofPinkCommunityMississippiStrongBacktoSchoolFlashbackFridayJobsTrafficGasPricesMiskellySeasonofGivingCatfishClash2021AboutUsContactUsMeettheTeamProgrammingProgrammingScheduleRescanYourTV!LatestNewscastsGrayDCBureauFullCourtPresswithGretaVanSusterenCircle-CountryMusic&LifestyleInvestigateTVPowerNationPressReleasesAdvertisementJACKSON,Miss.(WLBT)-OneofJackson’sthirteenhomicidesalarmsmembersofthecity’sLGBTQcommunity,inpartbecauseJacksonpolicestillhaven’treleasedinformationonthevictim’sgenderidentitytothepublicmorethanaweekaftertheshooting.“Dominique’slifehasbeenextinguishedandherfriendsaredevastated.Herfamilyaredevastated.AndsomanyofDominique’sfriendsaretrans,Blackwomenwhoarefearingfortheirlives,evenmoresothantheywerebefore,”HumanRightsCampaignStateDirectorRobHillsaid.“ButIdohopethatthishelpspeopletoseethatthisisarealproblem.”Lastyear,44transgenderpeopleacrossAmericawerekilled,accordingtodatacollectedbytheHRC,thehighestnumberinatleastsevenyears.DominiqueJackson,aBlacktransgenderwoman,willbeaddedtothatlistthisyear.JacksonwasshotandkilledJanuary25onRoseStreetnearGrandAvenue.Eightdayslater,policehaveyettoreleasehercurrentnameorgender,insteadtweetingthenameonherdriver’slicense:DedontaeJackson.JPDpostedtheupdateonsocialmediaalmosttwohoursafterWLBTinformedthedepartmentthattheirinformationindicatingan“adultmale”hadbeenkilledwasincorrect.3OnYourSidegaveJPDspokespersonSamBrownthevictim’stransgendernameandpreferredgenderidentity,citingsourceswithintheLGBTQcommunityandHill.It’sunclearwhetherthatinformationhasbeenutilizedbythedepartment.“It’scriticalthatlawenforcementdoeseverythingthattheycantobeabletomakesurethat,thattheyhavealloftheaspectsofacrime,especiallyifwesuspectitisbiasmotivated,”Hillsaid.“Westilllackalotofinformationaroundthiscase.”Hillbelievesmoretrainingisneededsodetailslikeavictim’sgenderidentitydon’tslipthroughthecracksagain.IfJPD’sinvestigationrevealsJacksonwastargetedspecificallybecauseshewastransgender,makingherkillingahatecrime,HillsaidprosecutionwouldbemoredifficultbecauseMississippi’shatecrimelawdoesnotincludeprotectionsforsexualorientation,genderidentityordisability.BrowntoldWLBTinanemailedstatementthatatthisstageoftheinvestigation,“thereisnoevidencetosuggestthatthekillingwasahatecrime.”“Dominiquewasalegitimatevictim.Shewasalegitimatevictimonthreedifferentpoints,actually.SheisfirstofallBlack.Sheisawomanandshe’stransgender.Shehasthreetargetsonherback,”saidACLUofMississippispokespersonCandaceColeman.ColemansaidHouseBill353,abipartisanbill,wouldhavegiventhoseprotectionstothoseneglectedgroupsbutdidn’tmakeitoutofcommittee.Hillsaidthey’vebeentryingtogetthebillexpandedforthelastfourlegislativesessions,butthosebillsdiedeachtime.“It’scommonsense.Anditreallyitwouldn’thurtanybody.Thisisn’tabillthatwouldhurtsomeoneelse,”Colemansaid.“TherearesomanythingsthatwecouldbedoingattheCapitoltohelpMississippiansofalltypes,butwe’recontinuingtodothingsthatwillharmthem.”Copyright2021WLBT.Allrightsreserved.MostReadMeetthe3womenbehindJacksonStatefootball’ssuccessJPDarreststeen,fourothersbelievedtobeconnectedtoatleast7killingsAnotherarrestmadeinJunemurderof21-year-oldKaylinBanyard2arrestedoncapitalmurderchargesinJonesCoChaseonHighway35endswithdeputy-involvedshootingLatestNewsUniversitiesreceive$10milliontofundteachereducation‘Iwasabouttorobyou,butyousangatmygrandma’sfuneral.’Familyofhealthcareworkersdisplaysover100,000ChristmaslightstobringjoyWLBTat10p(December17,2021)Familyofhealthcareworkersdisplaysover100,000Christmaslightstobringjoy