Petitioners seek first-degree murder charges in killing of Minnesota transgender man

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Petitioners seek first-degree murder charges in killing of Minnesota transgender man

Nearly 10,000 people have signed a petition asking authorities to charge five people with first-degree murder in connection with the alleged torture and death in upstate New York of Sam Nordquist, a transgender Minnesota man. New York State Police charged five people last week with second-degree murder in the killing of Nordquist, 24, who had been missing since December after traveling to New York to meet up with someone he had met online. After…