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April 4, 2019

Felony Charges Dropped Against African-American Victim of Dallas Attack
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In Texas, police have dropped a felony arrest warrant against an
African-American woman who was threatened with a gun and brutally beaten
by a white man in a Dallas parking lot on March 21. Twenty-four-year-old
L'Daijohnique Lee says what should have been a minor traffic dispute
quickly escalated to violence when 30-year-old Austin Shuffield followed
her, brandished an unlicensed handgun and slapped Lee's cellphone out of
her hands as she tried to call 911. After Lee fought back, Shuffield
repeatedly punched her in the head while allegedly shouting racial
slurs. The assault left Lee with a concussion and cranial swelling. Lee
was the first to be charged in the case-on felony criminal mischief
charges-for allegedly smashing the windows of her assailant's truck
after she was assaulted by him. But when a bystander's video of the
incident went viral on social media, prompting street protests,
prosecutors dropped charges against Lee on Wednesday. Her attacker,
Austin Shuffield, now faces multiple charges.


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