Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Transgender Bridge (1999– ) watch online HD

I found this a remarkable performance by all the young people involved. It was very, very well done and very realistic. The young man who played Avery was very believable and the young man who played Darius was heartbreaking in his sincerity. It made you think and definitely encouraged dialogue with the young adults. I found all the medical and psychological aspects to be right on. Kudos to the writers and to the actors all. This episode shows the damage that can result when a young immature person reacts without thinking to show off for his friends and the chain of damage that results. In our rapidly changing world this points out that education and tolerance is key.

The SVU squad has a real heartbreaker in this episode. It deals with the hate crimes statute and the application thereof. And it involves juveniles as well.

Young Christopher Dylan White plays a transgender teen who gets harassed by three other teens. Someone had a cell phone with a camera and films White accidentally being pushed off a bridge in Fort Tryon Park by Dante Brown one of the teens. It's quite clear it was an accident.

But the bullying of this transgender kid who was wearing a dress elevated it to a hate crime and Brown is headed for grown up court. This might very well be in Family Court otherwise.

It's been my experience that the difficulty I've seen in my region is getting the DAs to use the hate crime statute at all. It is their call to use or not.

Even with that the performances of the two kids are outstanding. Even the squad feels sympathy for both.

This episode is one of the saddest. I cried so much at the end with the verdict and I felt so much compassion for Darius.

There are no straight white men to blame for a transphobic hate crime so the black kid who's guilty is also a victim too, naturally. Everyone is rooting for the killer to be thrown a parade. Obviously the straight white male DA prosecuting the case is the bad guy here.