Four people, including three teenagers, have been arrested in connection with an alleged hate crime attack on a transgender woman in Washington state, police said.The incident occurred Monday night near a transit center in the Seattle suburb of Renton, following an argument the 39-year-old woman told officers she had with the group earlier that evening, police said."When she saw them again, they chased her, knocked her to the ground, and repeatedly assaulted her," the Renton Police Department said in a statement."During the assault, the victim says the suspects made homophobic remarks to her."National LGBTQ group urges New York prosecutor to pursue hate crime charges in killing of transgender manThe woman told police that she initially encountered the group at the transit center "harassing various people," according to the charging documents."She told the group to stop bothering people, which caused the group to turn their attention on her," the documents stated.The woman told police someone yelled a homophobic slur at her, and then the group "began charging towards her," and she ran away, according to the charging documents.She told police she tripped and then heard someone in the group yell a transphobic slur at her, according to the charging documents.
As she tried to get up, several people in the group began assaulting her, according to the documents.The woman said one of the attackers choked her and that she began to feel weak, according to the documents."The victim said she believed she was going to die and thought this was the point that they were going to kill her," the documents stated.Los Angeles police arrest suspect in alleged attacks against transgender womanVideo of the alleged assault filmed by a witness showed several people in the group "violently punch and kick the victim" in her upper torso and head, including while she was on the ground, according to the charging documents.The group is then seen picking up their belongings and walking away whil...