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"This violence is not new. This violence has been going on for years. But what we have now is a recognition of the violence. . . . If we were talking about five police officers killed in the District or five judges or five politicians, that would be unbelievable. Since it's the transgender community, somehow we [as a society] shrug it off and want to dismiss it." -- Sgt. Brett Parson, the commander of the D.C. police gay and lesbian liaison unit who works closely with the transgender community, originally quoted in The Washington Post, 2003-11-29.