SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A transgender woman claims the Sacramento County Jail discriminated against her by booking her into the male section of the jail.
The woman was one of two people arrested during a Stephon Clark protest in front of the district attorney’s office on Thursday.
The woman’s arrest drew attention from city and county officials, who say they stepped in to help move the woman into another part of the jail.
Ebony Ava Harper was arrested and booked into the Sacramento County Jail on charges of failing to disperse during a protest, and resisting an officer.
Read more at CBS Sacramento.