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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Cavallier

Chaos erupts in courtroom as Zizians member claims an officer said she ‘deserved to be shot for being transgender’

An alleged member of the Zizians, a cult-like group of political radicals, had to be forcibly removed from a California courtroom following an outburst in which she repeatedly claimed that an officer had told her that she should be killed for being transgender.

Alexander “Somni” Leatham, a 29-year-old trans woman from Agoura Hills, was one of five alleged members of the group of radical vegans, many of whom are trans, who were in court Tuesday. Several of them, including Leatham, face charges in connection to a string of killings across the country.

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