Last September, Ríhanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, preparing to start her bartending shift, when she noticed a group of men across the street. One of them was shouting in her direction, and Kelver heard several homophobic and transphobic slurs as he began approaching her. Moments later, according to court testimony and surveillance footage, the man shoved Kelver to the ground hard enough to injure her tailbone.
Kelver responded by drawing a pistol from her bag, chambering a round, and pointing the weapon at the man who had pushed her. She kept the safety on and never fired. The man and his companions retreated.
Today, Kelver, a 28-year-old trans woman, faces two felony charges—aggravated assault and possession of a deadly weapon with unlawful intent—which could carry up to 15 years in prison. The man who shoved Kelver and who allegedly initiated the confrontation, known only as “S. Durham,” has not been charged.
OK, but where is that evidence? I haven’t seen it, and for some reason they don’t give a source on that. This may be an insane case, but this article is slop.
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Found a second article with more sides of the story.
This would make who escalated a bit less clear. If you have a weapon you can’t escalate a situation and then use it.
I still expect this to end in not guilty, but it should get reviewed by a court. I mean, a gun was pulled.
Also the charges were moved down to misdemeanors, but back up to felonies after “negotiations broke down”, can you do that??