Three Renton High School students and a 25-year-old man have pleaded not guilty to hate crime and second-degree assault charges after King County prosecutors accused them of chasing after, choking and beating a transgender woman until she lost consciousness earlier this month in Renton.

A witness captured cellphone video of the Sept. 15 attack which appeared to show Ramodre Edwards of Renton restraining the 39-year-old woman on the ground and in a chokehold as the three students, ages 15 to 17, repeatedly punched and kicked her in the head and torso, court records show.

Investigators who reviewed the 46-second clip said a 17-year-old boy kicked her four times, a 15-year-old boy punched her three times and kicked her twice, and a 16-year-old boy punched her a dozen times, according to a p

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