A leading member of the District’s transgender community told the D.C. Council today that he has little faith in the Metropolitan Police Department and Chief Cathy Lanier when crimes against transgender persons are committed.

Police on Friday identified released the identity of a transgender person who was fatally stabbed last week near a Metrobus stop on East Capitol Street NE and also released video from a nearby traffic camera depicting an individual who is being described as a “person of interest.”