Men charged with felony assault and hate crimes in beating of Bay Area Sikh man
Men charged with felony assault and hate crimes in beating of Bay Area Sikh man
By Ben Poston
October 14, 2016, 1:50 PM
ontra Costa County prosecutors charged a pair of Texas men Friday with two counts of felony assault and hate crimes for beating a Sikh man and cutting off his hair in the Bay Area city of Richmond, last month.
Chase Bryan Little, 31, of Beaumont, and Colton Tye Leblanc, 24, of Winnie, were charged with assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury and assault with a deadly weapon. Prosecutors added hate-crime enhancements to both counts.
Maan Singh Khalsa, 41, who wears a turban and maintains his hair and beard unshorn as part of his Sikh faith, was attacked Sept. 25.
Sikh leaders said the attack was a hate-motivated crime directed at Khalsa’s religious beliefs and ethnicity. During the attack, Khalsa’s attackers yelled, “Cut his hair, cut his ... hair!” then used a knife to chop off a fistful of his hair, according to Sikh leaders.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-texas-men-charged-felony-assault-hatecrimes-for-beating-sikh-man-20161014-snap-story.html
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Maan Singh Khalsa
Chase Bryan Little
Colton Tye Leblanc
