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Skinhead attacks transgenders in hate crime; gets stabbed & arrested

“A known skinhead has been arrested for attacking two [homeless] transgender men in Sacramento county. [William Johnson, 34,] was stabbed in the leg. Johnson now being charged with a hate crime, robbery, and battery charges.”

Reporters at CBS13 in Sacramento, CA in their broadcast TV news report. (CBS 13)

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