Hold Rilee Shipley's Attacker Accountable

Hold Rilee Shipley's Attacker Accountable

Started
22 July 2021
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Casper Police Department and
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Why this petition matters

Rilee Shipley, a trans woman was hate-crimed and despite her clearly identifying her attacker, the local police have done nothing.

 

Shipley says she took her dog to the park when a neighbour arrived with his two dogs unleashed. The two had words where the neighbour repeatedly called her the n-slur and as Shipley left and she reported the incident to the apartment complex manager. 

 

Later that night when Shipley returned to the park for another bathroom break for her dog, the man was waiting with a friend. She says he started screaming at her, enraged that she had reported him to the complex management. He entered the area and struck her and she now has a caved-in cheekbone and a fractured eye socket.

 

“As I was knocked down and putting the leash on my dog, he told me that me and my piece of s— dog deserve to die,” she said, “and he called me the N-slur again and the word ‘b—-‘ and stomped me on the side of the head, and kicked my face into the fencepost.”

 

Shipley says she’ll likely need surgery to repair her caved-in cheekbone, and has an appointment with an ophthalmologist for a fractured eye socket.

 

According to a statement from the Casper Police Department, the case is under active investigation by the department yet no one has been arrested despite Shipley clearly identifying her attacker.

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  • Casper Police Department
  • Wyoming Police Department