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Gunpoint arrest of trans activist in London, Ont., prompts officer conduct review by police chief

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London’s police chief says he will review how officers treated a popular online transgender activist they arrested at gunpoint last week after someone sent death threats to politicians in the southwestern Ontario city. 

Clara Sorrenti, 28, who goes by Keffals on Twitch, says officers came to her apartment on Aug. 5, armed with large firearms, and called her by her birth name, which she has not used in a decade. Officers also referred to Sorrenti by the wrong gender, something she says was an attempt to mock her or take away her “power and dignity.” 

“We acknowledge the distress that this has caused Ms. Sorrenti and we will

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This story was originally published on  CBC News. To read the rest of this news worthy story, please visit https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/trans-activist-arrest-london-police-chief-review-1.6547124?cmp=rss.

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