"Following an attack on a 57-year-old gay man in October that left him in a coma, and an admission by police that they can't increase patrols in Sacramento's LGBTQ+ gayborhood, residents in California's capital city's Lavender Heights district are reviving a citizen patrol they call the Lavender Angels. Alvin Prasad was attacked outside the Badlands nightclub as he exited the bar with his daughter on Halloween night."
"Doctors say the result was permanent damage to the front and back of Prasad's brain. He remains in a coma. At a contentious community meeting with police and local leaders two weeks ago at the area's LGBT Center, residents voiced their frustration over a lack of police presence in the district. "I was beaten. I was bit four times. I was shoved into a car twice," one man recounted."
A 57-year-old man, Alvin Prasad, was attacked outside the Badlands nightclub on Halloween after exiting with his daughter, sustaining injuries that left him in a coma. Doctors report permanent damage to both the front and back of his brain. The attack and limited police presence have prompted residents of the Lavender Heights district to revive a citizen patrol called the Lavender Angels. Community members reported multiple assaults, bites, and forcible shoving into vehicles. Sacramento police staffing is roughly half-strength, constraining the department's ability to increase patrols, so residents are organizing to address neighborhood safety.
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