The festival's 'Kokomo City' featured the Atlanta resident, who was reportedly shot deadas.
“The Atlanta Police Department is actively investigating three violent crimes involving transgender women this year,” the department said in the same tweet. “While these individual incidents are unrelated, we are very aware of the epidemic-level violence black and brown transgender women face in America.”
A police spokesperson didn’t immediately return HuffPost’s request for an update on the investigation.Koko figured prominently in “Kokomo City,” which focused on her challenges along with other Black trans sex workers.that you don’t often see in film today.”
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