"Alvin Prasad, 57, was leaving an LGBTQ+ club with his daughter and a friend on Halloween night when a man began shouting at them from his car. Prasad's daughter, Andrea, told ABC10 at the time that the man insulted her father's flamboyant costume "in a very rude, aggressive way," and when Prasad turned around to ask why he spoke to them like that, the man allegedly punched him."
"The punch was directly to Prasad's forehead, which caused him to fall back and hit his head again on the concrete sidewalk. Prasad has been in a coma since with permanent damage on both sides of his brain. "He'll never be the same," Andrea said. "He can't express himself, can't go out dancing. It's just ... it's not the same.""
Alvin Prasad, 57, was attacked while leaving an LGBTQ+ club on Halloween with his daughter and a friend after a man shouted from his car. The man allegedly insulted Prasad's flamboyant costume and punched him in the forehead, causing him to fall and hit his head on the sidewalk. Prasad has been in a coma since and sustained permanent damage to both sides of his brain. Sean Wesley Payton Jr., 24, was arrested on charges including assault, hate crime, and resisting arrest and pleaded not guilty; he is ineligible for bail. The Sacramento LGBT Community Center held a forum on neighborhood safety, calling the attack tragic and urging greater cultural affirmation and acceptance. Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes remain high despite an overall drop in violent crime.
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