15 Facts About Nizah Morris

Nizah Morris was an American transgender entertainer.

On December 22,2002, Morris suffered a severe head injury from which she did not recover.

Nizah Morris died on December 24,2002, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, when she was removed from life support.

The Philadelphia Police Department's handling of Nizah Morris' death sparked protests in the LGBT community and led to several investigations into the police coverup of her death.

Nizah Morris declined a ride to the hospital and asked to be taken home.

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Minutes later, a passing motorist discovered Nizah Morris lying on the sidewalk, bleeding from the right side of her forehead.

Nizah Morris was transported to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in critical condition.

Nizah Morris was cremated on January 1,2003, after a funeral service attended by more than 300 people.

Nizah Morris' family doubted she would have accepted a ride from the police, given her fear of them, and questioned why she would ask to be dropped off miles from where she lived.

Key missing fact is that when after being helped the first time was that after the initial help, Nizah Morris was found in the street after a taxi refused her service.

Witnesses who were outside of the Key West Bar said Nizah Morris was incapable of standing on her own, and had to be helped into the police car.

On January 30,2003, more than a month after Nizah Morris' death and the Medical Examiner's assessment that it was a homicide, the homicide division of the police department officially declared Nizah Morris' death a homicide.

Police initially suggested Nizah Morris' death had been accidental, and a police spokesman declined to comment on what led the Medical Examiner to conclude Nizah Morris' death was a homicide.

Cops misreported Nizah Morris's ride with Skala in official logs; the homicide squad did not accept the medical examiner's determination that she had been killed; and the police department 'lost' her homicide report for eight years.

In September 2003 the Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights launched a civil suit against the Key West Bar where Nizah Morris became intoxicated, the police officers involved, the emergency technicians and the city of Philadelphia itself.