‘Rally for Justice’ protests prosecutors’ response to murder of Md. trans woman
The transgender advocacy organization Safe Haven Maryland released a statement Sunday night, Jan. 7, announcing it was holding a “Rally for Justice: Demanding Accountability for Meghan Lewis,” at 8 a.m., Monday, Jan.
8, outside the Harford County, Md., courthouse to protest what the group believes to be the mishandling by prosecutors of the Dec.
27 murder of Lewis, a beloved transgender woman. Police in Bel Air, Md., where Lewis lived, said witnesses reported she got into an altercation with a man named Brian Delen, 47, who was delivering food outside her condominium building after he reportedly misgendered her by calling her “sir.” Police said Lewis allegedly yelled at Delen when he started to drive off in his car.
WBAL TV News in Baltimore reports that court documents say Delen then got out of his car, pulled out a gun, and fatally shot Lewis.