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Black woman set on fire by white men in Wisconsin

A CNN report stated that a biracial woman was sprayed with lighter fluid and had a lighter thrown at her by a group of 4 white men in Wisconsin.

A CNN report stated that a biracial woman was sprayed with lighter fluid and had a lighter thrown at her by a group of 4 white men in Wisconsin.According to an NBC article, the police have released an audio file of a phone call allegedly held between Dane County Dispatch and Althea Bernstein, the woman whose face was doused in lighter fluid and who was then set on fire by a group of white men. The audio had all personal information redacted from it. However the information described by the woman on the call matched the description of the incident that happened to Bernstein. Additionally, the CNN article notes that Althea Bernstein's family spokesperson stated that Althea sustained burn injuries on her face and neck in the incident.

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