Man's Manhood threatened so beat Transgender Woman to Death
Murder suspect said his ‘manhood’ was threatened when he found out he was hitting on transgender woman
James Dixon said that is "manhood" was threatened because he had been "clowned" by his pals after he had previously hit on a transgender woman.
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His bruised male ego made him kill.
The 25-year-old man accused of killing a transgender woman at first denied he was “hollering” at victim Islan Nettles before the fatal encounter until a dogged detective called his bluff during a 2013 interrogation.
Dixon claimed he simply “had some words” with Nettles and that he did not remember them until NYPD Det. Thaddeus Hall, now retired, pressed him for the real story insisting Dixon’s version “didn't make sense.”
"There's something that leads up to the altercation … so what transpired?" Hall said. "Did you try to holler at her?"
Dixon finally admitted that "yes" he was trying to seduce Nettles until one of pals called out, "That's a man!"
Dixon said he had just been tricked days before by other women and had been "clowned" by his pals as a result.
He agreed that he felt his "manhood" was threatened by his streak of unknowingly hitting on gals who were born men.
"I just didn't want to be fooled," he said, during the hour-long recording in which he was at times evasive but spoke matter-of-factly.
He was eventually indicted for manslaughter and assault in the incident on Eighth Ave. near W. 148th St., in front of a police precinct about 12:20 a.m. on Aug. 17, 2013.
Dixon told cops he experienced "blind fury" when he attacked Nettles and said he didn't realize the damage he caused until hearing the gossip in his neighborhood.
Jury selection in Dixon's trial is slated to start Monday. He recently rejected a plea offer of 12 years in prison in exchange for a guilt admission.
The men became enraged once they discovered that Nettles was transgender, according to prosecutors and a fight broke out.
Dixon punched Nettles in the face, making her to fall to the ground and strike her head on the sidewalk, causing a serious brain injury, said Assistant District Attorney Nicholas Viorst.
Viorst alleges that Dixon brutally beat Nettles and "struck her repeatedly as she lay on the ground" while "driving the side of her head into the pavement."
The indictment charges that Dixon used the sidewalk as a "dangerous instrument" to cause Nettles' death.
Police discovered Nettles unconscious on the ground and rushed her to Harlem Hospital.
The case was initially treated as an assault, but Nettles' condition worsened and she slipped into a coma before being placed on life support.
Delores Nettles eventually removed her daughter from life support on Aug. 20.
Why was he only offered 12 years? When you add parole, it's even shorter of a sentence. I've heard of stories of murders and they get life sentences. Is it because the victim is transgendered?
We need to teach our young ones that living by fabricated gender roles is dangerous and pointless. He's not a bad looking man and I'm sure his soon to be neighbors will notice that. At least he won't have to worry about his friends clowning him. He'll never have the courage to say what's being done to him in there but his friends will know. Former friends I should say. I'm betting that they'll have forgotten about him around 6 months. That's how it happens. Most friendships are a product of proximity.
And he ruined his life because of their opinions. Sad
