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A transgender killer has been sentenced to 22 years in jail for “homicide” after brutally stabbing a Portland cab driver to dying on April 9, 2023.
30 yr outdated Moses J. Lopez was convicted of 1 depend of first-degree homicide and one depend of illegal use of a weapon for the unprovoked deadly assault on 43-year-old Reese McDowell Lawhon.
Footage from contained in the cab exhibits Lopez sitting within the again seat carrying a tiara and girls's clothes.
Lopez refused to apologize for the homicide, as a substitute taking part in the sufferer.
The Oregonian reviews:
Lopez had been partying in downtown Portland earlier that night time, however issues bought worse within the night, so Lopez known as 911 and requested to go residence. The operator informed Lopez to name a cab, however the radio cab dispatcher entered the incorrect handle, Lopez stated.
“I ended up in a really scary a part of city the place I used to be actually scared,” Lopez stated. “I refuse to apologize for the dearth of assist I desperately wanted.”
Lopez stated they’re typically afraid of being focused as a result of they establish as a transgender particular person.
Lahon was driving to the scene when Lopez stabbed him within the neck utilizing a punch-dagger with brass knuckles.
Transgender killer Moses Jacob Lopez refused to apologize in courtroom and portrayed himself because the sufferer after brutally murdering an harmless cab driver. Lopez justified the homicide by smiling and claimed lack of assist from 911 providers. pic.twitter.com/w8XCIVClBy
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As Lahon's mom spoke to the courtroom and known as Lopez a monster, the killer smiled.