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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — A transgender girl was arrested after telling police on the Florida State Capitol that she meant to interrupt the legislation by utilizing the ladies’s restroom, an arrest affidavit mentioned.
The report referred to the suspect by their authorized title, Luke Rheintgen. The 20-year-old Illinois resident, who goes by “Marcy,” beforehand despatched a letter indicating her intention to interrupt the legislation as a “transgender girl” and use the ladies’s toilet throughout from home room 222C contained in the Tallahassee constructing.
The Florida Division of Legislation Enforcement Capitol Police had obtained the letter previous to Rheintgen’s arrival, the doc mentioned.
On the afternoon of March 19, Rheintgen arrived on the second ground of the Home Workplace Constructing. One officer and investigator stopped Rheintgen outdoors of the ladies’s restroom and instructed her they’d problem a trespass warning if she entered the lavatory.
The affidavit mentioned Rheintgen acknowledged their warning however responded saying, “I’m right here to interrupt the legislation,” as she entered the lavatory.
The feminine officer adopted her in, saying she was being issued the warning for all girls’s restrooms within the Capitol Tower and the Home Workplace Constructing. Nonetheless, Rheintgen instructed authorities she did not agree with the legislation and did not need to depart.
Rheintgen was escorted out, positioned below arrest for trespassing on a property after a warning, and brought to the Leon County Detention Facility.
“I wished individuals to see the absurdity of this legislation in apply,” Rheintgen instructed The Related Press. “If I’m a legal, it’s going to be so laborious for me to reside a standard life, all as a result of I washed my fingers. Like, that’s so insane.”
It’s unclear why Rheintgen, an Illinois native, was in Florida on the Capitol constructing. WFLA.com has reached out to FDLE for clarification.
