Community Rallies To Demand Freedom for Trans Woman Arrested After Being Attacked in Flagstaff, AZ

Witness reports and police reports say that she attacked them unprovoked with mace and a knife:

https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2023-08-28/trans-womans-arrest-in-flagstaff-sparks-backlash

Activists have rallied around a transgender woman charged with aggravated assault in Flagstaff. They allege she was defending herself from a violent attack, but police reports and witness accounts say her actions were unprovoked.

Epona Rose was arrested on August 10 after police say she sprayed two men with mace, physically assaulted at least one and threatened another with a knife in Heritage Square in Downtown Flagstaff.

Both men denied doing anything to provoke Rose and a witness also confirmed their account. One victim told police he did not see anyone touch Rose inappropriately nor comment on her gender.