http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2015/images/deairra_venable.jpgDeairra Michelle Venable was one of the dozens of people arrested on the night of April 27, while filming video of police activity during a protest calling for justice for Freddie Gray. At central booking, when police discovered she had been assigned male at birth, they transferred her to a men's facility. First, they strip-searched her and left her naked in a glass cell in central booking for 45 minutes, while people outside leered and cracked jokes. Police forced Deairra to remove her bra before taking her to the men's facility, leaving her breasts exposed in the sheer thermal shirt she was wearing when she was arrested. Deairra was held for four days in these unconscionable and inhumane conditions, denied her medication, exposed to and harassed by male guards and detainees, and ridiculed by the bail commissioner.

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