California hate crime against Sikh man yields prison terms for assailants

Khalsa was attacked last Sept on a roadway in Richmond, California

Wearing a slightly baggy suit, a maroon turban wrapped around his head, Maan Singh Khalsa looked across the courtroom at Judge Patricia Scanlon and wiggled his right hand.

The damage was obvious: Most of Khalsa's pinky finger was missing.

"My attackers hit me with their fists, knocked off my turban, and yelled, ‘Cut his fucking hair.' They yanked my hair through the window and used a knife to saw parts of it off. In the course of the attack, as I tried to protect my hair and my head, my right finger was stabbed, and eventually required amputation."

Khalsa, an Indian immigrant and