and we're joined by alisha williams who staff attorney at the sylvia rivera law project. will be back in a moment. ♪ [music break] >> the theme song of, "orange is the new black." this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we talk about the violence and discrimination faced by transgender women of color, i want to turn to a story here in new york. i'm january 30, a group of transgender women and their allies gathered outside the new york city police department headquarters to demand justice for islan nettles. nettles was a 21-year-old chance gender woman of color who was taunted with slurs and then inten to death in harlem august. i suspect was arrested on assault charges, but the case was later dismissed. so far, no one has been charged with her murder will stop protesters have accused police of mishandling the investigation will stop is are some of the voices from the rally. one of them in the middle of this piece is islan nettles' mother. no justice. >> no peace. >> there will be no justice. >> there ain't going to be no peace.