Published by KRON 4
The Young Women’s Freedom Center is honoring and remembering Banko Brown, a unhoused transgender man who was slain at a Walgreens store in San Francisco one year ago. Brown, 24, died a senseless death, and little has been done to protect young transgender people in the city, community advocates said.
Walgreens security guard Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony, 33, shot Brown on April 27, 2023. Brown was allegedly dashing out the front door with stolen candy onto Market Street when the guard opened fire.
After he was shot, Brown’s last words to the guard were, “Sorry man, that shouldn’t have happened. I was stupid,” one witness told police. Brown was unarmed.