It would be great if the folks in the San Francisco Bay area could show up to court in support of Shelly Resnick, who was charged with prostitution. Here is the press release:
For Immediate Release: Jan 24, 2009
Event: Press Conference: San Francisco Transsexual Activist Falsely
Accused of Prostitution
Location: 850 Bryant Street, San Francisco Hall of Justice
Date: Monday January 26, 2009
Time: 8:30 am
Contact: Acire4SWOP@gmail.com
Location: 850 Bryant Street, San Francisco Hall of Justice
Date: Monday January 26, 2009
Time: 8:30 am
Contact: Acire4SWOP@gmail.com
In an act of harassment by the San Francisco Police Department, Shelly
Resnick was falsely charged with solicitation of prostitution. Later, the District Attorney trumped up the charges and claimed that Shelly engaged in the actual act of prostitution.
”These charges are completely false.” states Shelly as no such act took
place. Shelly strongly disputes the content of the police report as
place. Shelly strongly disputes the content of the police report as
patently false. “This is harassment and discrimination.”
Shelly was set up on a police sting. She did not solicit and nor did she
agree to any act of prostitution, but she was cited anyway.
Shelly was set up on a police sting. She did not solicit and nor did she
agree to any act of prostitution, but she was cited anyway.
“The police have no evidence of these charges. In fact they claimed to
have an audio recording which they say they are unable to locate,” says
Acire Roche of Sex Worker Outreach Project.
Sex Worker Outreach Project joins Shelly in support at her hearing,
protesting this discrimination and misconduct. “Ms. Resnick filed a
complaint with Office of Citizen Complaints on November 19th.
protesting this discrimination and misconduct. “Ms. Resnick filed a
complaint with Office of Citizen Complaints on November 19th.
Filed under: Activism, Announcements, Arrests, Human Rights, Injustice, Trans Workers
This seems like retaliation considering that Shelly was an activist for Prop. K and the prostitution charges happen only about two and a half months after the Prop. K campaign. Also, the District Attorney, who was vehemently against Prop. K, trumped up the charge to engaging in prostitution rather than solicitation. It seems as if Shelly was targeted. Is anybody able to video tape the press conference and post it online?