RIP Angie Zapata
Trigger warning
There has been talk all weekend of the brutal murder of a woman in Colorado. The woman, Angie Zapata, was struck in the head repeatedly with a fire extinguisher by a man she had met online. The two had spent the day together and the man had stayed the night, though they did sleep in separate beds. Zapata's body was found by her sister, bloody and battered on her apartment floor.
What makes this case, beyond the horrific violence, is that Zapata is transgendered. She, and yes she is a she because that is how she choose to live and label herself, still had male genitalia. Upon discovering this her attacker decided to bash her in the head until she was dead. An act of rage, a momentary loss of sanity you say?
Once you start grabbing evidence you're no longer "acting on impulse". Not that reacting in such a horrific manner is justifiable either. People find out things about other people that they did not know every day and yet we are able to control ourselves and act like rational beings. No, the problem isn't that her attacker felt too angry or enraged, it's that in that moment he felt that Zapata was no longer a human being. His own words give way to that.
"It" She was no longer a person, a human being, a living soul. She was brushed off as an it, a non-being. Something that could be destroyed and tossed out with no consequences. Like a newspaper or a tissue. Just an "it".
Absolutely disgusting.
R.I.P. Angie
What makes this case, beyond the horrific violence, is that Zapata is transgendered. She, and yes she is a she because that is how she choose to live and label herself, still had male genitalia. Upon discovering this her attacker decided to bash her in the head until she was dead. An act of rage, a momentary loss of sanity you say?
Andrade told investigators he covered Zapata with a blanket and started gathering evidence he thought might link him to the crime when he heard gurgling sounds and noticed Zapata was sitting up.
That's when he picked up the fire extinguisher and hit her again, police said. He left the scene in her car.
That's when he picked up the fire extinguisher and hit her again, police said. He left the scene in her car.
Once you start grabbing evidence you're no longer "acting on impulse". Not that reacting in such a horrific manner is justifiable either. People find out things about other people that they did not know every day and yet we are able to control ourselves and act like rational beings. No, the problem isn't that her attacker felt too angry or enraged, it's that in that moment he felt that Zapata was no longer a human being. His own words give way to that.
He grabbed Zapata's crotch area, felt male genitalia and became angry, the affidavit states. He took a fire extinguisher off a shelf and struck Zapata twice in the head, telling investigators he thought he "killed it."
"It" She was no longer a person, a human being, a living soul. She was brushed off as an it, a non-being. Something that could be destroyed and tossed out with no consequences. Like a newspaper or a tissue. Just an "it".
Absolutely disgusting.
R.I.P. Angie
Mike Pouraryan
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