A 53-year-old Boston man has been charged after allegedly attacking a transgender lady on an MBTA prepare.
Gregory Burnett is going through a number of assault costs and a civil rights violation stemming from an incident on the Maverick MBTA station on Halloween.
The 41-year-old transgender lady reportedly informed MBTA Transit Police on Nov. 1 that she had been assaulted by one other passenger at Maverick station the night time earlier than.
The sufferer stated she was on a Blue Line prepare when Burnett allegedly boarded the prepare, approached her and commenced shouting derogatory phrases at her.
The sufferer stated Burnett made statements reminiscent of, “you’re not a woman, you’re a man,” after which assaulted her by punching and kicking her. She reported Burnett kicking her within the crotch space.
She tried to defend herself, however Burnett grabbed her foot by the heel and pulled her leg, inflicting her to fall to the bottom, fracturing her wrist. A number of passengers on the prepare intervened and helped the sufferer in combating off Burnett and eliminated him from the prepare.
The sufferer informed police she felt focused resulting from her gender id primarily based on Burnett’s remarks in the course of the assault.
Utilizing witness descriptions and assessment of surveillance video, MBTA police investigators have been in a position to determine Burnett. He was arrested on Nov. 12 at Maverick station.
“We’ll by no means tolerate anybody being subjected to abuse—a lot much less bodily assault—for his or her sexual orientation, gender id or expression,” Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden stated in a press release. “And all our residents and visitors have the right and expectation to travel on public transportation in peace and safety. I thank the transit police for their diligent work in identifying and arresting a suspect in this frightening assault.”
Burnett was charged with assault and battery inflicting critical bodily harm, assault and battery, assault and battery with a harmful weapon (shod foot), and civil rights violation with harm.
A choose discovered Burnett harmful final week and ordered him to dwelling confinement with GPS monitoring apart from employment.
Burnett is due again in courtroom on Jan. 21 for a possible trigger listening to.
