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Man accused of stabbing transgender teen 18 times at Miami airport

The 17-year-old was having a meal on the floor when she was attacked with a butcher knife Sunday. Officials say they aren’t yet ruling out hate crime charges.

A man accused of stabbing a transgender 17-year-old girl with a butcher knife at Miami International Airport on Sunday was arrested and charged with attempted murder, police said.

Alexander Love, 29, was charged with first-degree attempted murder with a deadly weapon and attempted premeditated murder, according to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Police Department.

Officers responded to Terminal J around 11:30 p.m. after reports of a stabbing, officials said in a news release. The victim was eating a meal while sitting on the floor when, officials say, Love attacked her without provocation, stabbing her about 18 times in her face, head, arms, shoulders, neck and legs before he tried to throw her over a safety retaining glass, officials said.

oxjox ,
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Love admitted to being involved in the attack and said he had become acquainted with the victim beforehand.

“The defendant added he was possibly drugged and someone inserted an unknown object in his rectum,” the report says. “Although the defendant is not certain the victim is responsible for this, the defendant made a statement indicating he needed to hurt whoever hurt him and was prompted to purchase the knife at a Target store near Miami International Airport.”

Appears not to be a random hate crime.

finley ,

Or this guy is making shit up in order to cover for a violent hate crime. Since the first thing someone does after getting raped in the ass is to go to a target, get a knife and then go to the nearest airport and stab someone

oxjox ,
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I think you’re giving a bit too much credit to someone mentally deficient enough to commit such a violent act. Still, it is a reasonable assertion.

thefartographer ,

Surely this has nothing to do with the rhetoric of our political leaders

ShortFuse ,

Officials said that at the police station, Love admitted to being involved in the attack and said he had become acquainted with the victim beforehand.

“The defendant added he was possibly drugged and someone inserted an unknown object in his rectum,” the report says. “Although the defendant is not certain the victim is responsible for this, the defendant made a statement indicating he needed to hurt whoever hurt him and was prompted to purchase the knife at a Target store near Miami International Airport.”

Apytele ,

“The defendant added he was possibly drugged and someone inserted an unknown object in his rectum,” the report says. “Although the defendant is not certain the victim is responsible for this, the defendant made a statement indicating he needed to hurt whoever hurt him and was prompted to purchase the knife at a Target store near Miami International Airport.”

Ah yes, the good ol’ transphobic psychosis combo (it’s actually more common than you’d think, mental illness can showcase some hidden inner biases that people normally mask better in some pretty ugly ways). It can also be genuinely trauma related, a lot of my patients have been bouncing between the street, correctional and psychiatric institutions, and shelters, any one of which a sexual assault can and is often even likely to happen.

One time we had a newly admitted patient literally covering their clenched butt with their hands while waddling down the hall and looking around suspiciously. It was kind of humorous to watch but in that dark, sad way that hospital shit gets sometimes.

Lumelore ,
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Yeah, I’m trans and I have an aunt with schizophrenia. After I came out she started behaving very strangely whenever I am around. For example, she doesn’t call me by my name or my deadname, and instead makes up strange nonsense words that she calls me. Then she gets angry when someone tries to correct her. I only see her at holidays and I always dread going whenever she has been invited because she makes me very uncomfortable.

JimmyBigSausage ,

When I was younger a man joined our church and decided to teach Sunday school. He one day attacked a girl just after his class finished and did it as a church service was going on and fled carrying the knife through the congregation up the aisle out the front door. This made me remember this for some reason.

Deceptichum ,
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It was all part of gods plan.

thefartographer ,

That sounds like a horrifying memory and I’m sorry you have to live with that.

WeirdGoesPro ,
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Plot twist: OP is the assailant.

NOT_RICK ,
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How the fuck did this guy get a butcher knife into an airport?

frickineh ,

Thank god for the TSA, keeping us all safe from 4oz of shampoo and water bottles, though, right?

cbarrick ,

He didn’t. The attack occurred in the pre-security area.

miamidade.gov/…/PD240720227799_Stabbing_MIA.asp

dogsnest ,
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By walking through the front doors, as at most airports in the world.
You realize walking into an airport is no different than walking into a mall?

KeefChief13 ,

I think one has planes.

dogsnest ,
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And?

Anyone, anytime can stroll into any airport.

Can’t you?

catloaf ,

No. Tegel Airport, soon as you walked in, you were at security.

It’s closed now, but that only means you can’t even stroll in at all.

WeirdGoesPro ,
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How did the attacker have a knife in a secure terminal?

cbarrick ,

He didn’t. The attack occurred in the pre-security area.

miamidade.gov/…/PD240720227799_Stabbing_MIA.asp

dogsnest ,
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Where does it mention secure terminal?

WeirdGoesPro ,
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The article says “officers responded to [an incident in] terminal J”. Every airport I’ve ever seen, large and small, have had the terminal behind security.

dogsnest ,
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Are you claiming that there are metal detectors and agents at every single entrance at every airport you’ve been in?
Are you confused as to what a terminal is?

SoJB ,

You must be lost, bud. Reddit is that-a-way.

FlyingSquid ,
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Officers responded to Terminal J around 11:30 p.m. after reports of a stabbing, officials said in a news release. The victim was eating a meal while sitting on the floor when, officials say, Love attacked her without provocation, stabbing her about 18 times in her face, head, arms, shoulders, neck and legs before he tried to throw her over a safety retaining glass, officials said.

“The victim was able to escape the attack and ran down the stairs to the third-floor level, which is where the officers found her,” police said.

Airports that late are just creepy in general considering how empty they are. I’ve been in them and rarely seen anyone beyond a handful of passengers and some janitors in those concourses when I was waiting for a late night flight. I could absolutely see someone being attacked in one for any number of reasons. I’m glad she was able to escape and he was caught.

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