Transgender woman assaulted by apparent 'mob' in Dallas

Dallas police arrested a man Sunday night in the beating of a transgender woman that authorities called an apparent “act of mob violence” and a possible hate crime.

Relatives of the victim, who authorities have not identified, told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth that she was kicked and beaten to the point of unconsciousness.

The Dallas Police Department said officers arrested Edward Thomas 29, for his alleged role in the Friday night assault that occurred after a minor traffic accident at an apartment complex south of downtown.

“The guy just got out and started stomping on her and kicking her and fighting her,” the woman’s grandmother, Debora Booker, told the station. “I was like, ‘Over a car?’”

Clips of the video published by NBC Dallas-Fort Worth showed a group of people carrying someone.

The victim told officers that her assailants, who were not identified, used homophobic slurs, the department said.

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