2 men convicted of hate crimes in Sikh man's assault
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Two men were sentenced to three year-prison terms for assaulting a Sikh man in Northern California and admitting to hate crimes.
Colton Leblanc and Chase Little on Thursday each pleaded no contest to assault with a hate crime enhancement.
Maan Singh Khalsa was dressed in traditional Sikh clothes driving to a religious ceremony in Richmond, California, in September when someone in a pickup truck threw a half-full beer can at his car. Leblanc and Little then jumped out the truck and punched Khalsa numerous times through an open window.
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They knocked off his turban and cut Khalsa's hair with a knife. The Sikh religion considers unshorn hair sacred.
The assault occurred in Richmond, which is 18 miles (29 kilometers) northeast of San Francisco.