SACRAMENTO, Calif — The daughter of a Sacramento man left in a coma after a violent Halloween-night assault says her father “will never be the same,” as the man accused in the attack appeared in court Monday on hate-crime charges.
Police say officers found 57-year-old Alvin Prasad unconscious with severe injuries around 1:30 a.m. on Nov. 1 along K Street in Lavender Heights, Sacramento’s LGBTQ+ district known for its nightlife and its proximity to the Sacramento LGBT Community Center. Prasad had just left Badlands nightclub with his daughter and a family friend when the alleged attack occurred.
Prasad’s daughter, Andrea, told ABC10 the attack began when a stranger insulted her father’s flamboyant Halloween outfit as they walked toward their car.
“He calls my dad weird,” she said. “He says it in a very rude, aggressive way… like he wants to hurt my dad.”…