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Madison Police Spokesman Gives Update In Alleged Hate Crime Against Biracial Teen

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Madison Police Spokesman Gives Update In Alleged Hate Crime Against Biracial Teen
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Madison Police Department spokesman Joel DeSpain said Wednesday that there is no new information available from authorities to report in the alleged hate crime against Althea Bernstein, an 18-year-old biracial teen.

On June 24 at around 1 a.m., Bernstein claims a group of four white men stopped her at a red light, sprayed her with gasoline, set her on fire, and hurled a racial epithet.

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