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June 26, 2020

Madison, WI Police Launch Hate Crime Probe into Black Teen Set on Fire by White Men
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In Madison, Wisconsin, police have launched a hate crime investigation
after a Black teenager reported being attacked early on Wednesday while
she was driving. Eighteen-year-old Althea Bernstein says she was stopped
at a red light when four white men approached her car. One screamed a
racial epithet, and then lighter fluid was sprayed into her car. She
told Madison365, "I turned my head to look, and somebody's throwing
lighter fluid on me. And then they threw a lighter at me, and my neck
caught on fire." Bernstein was able to drive away and was later treated
at the hospital for burns to her face and neck. The attack occurred
while a Black Lives Matter protest was winding down nearby.


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