Posted on 06/26/2020 9:03:13 PM PDT by aquila48
Authorities in Wisconsin are investigating a possible hate crime after an 18-year-old Black woman was set on fire.
On Wednesday morning, Althea Bernstein was driving through downtown Madison when she stopped at a red light. Bernstein was sitting at the intersection with her window down when she heard someone yell a racial slur, she told police, CBS News reports.
Moments later, she told police four white men appeared, with one spraying a liquid on her face and neck and throwing a flaming lighter at her. Bernstein told police she was able to drive away and put out the flames, but when she returned home, her mother encouraged her to go to the hospital, where she was treated for burns.
According to hospital staff, the liquid thrown on Bernstein is believed to be lighter fluid.
The following day, Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway released a statement calling the attack a hate crime.
"The City received a report of a violent racially-motivated hate crime that occurred downtown around 1:00 am on June 24, where a group of pedestrians used a racial slur and then lit a woman on fire through her car window as she stopped at an intersection. This is a horrifying and absolutely unacceptable crime that I will not tolerate in Madison," Rhodes-Conway said.
"While we are still learning more about the details, current information suggests this may have been a premeditated crime targeted toward people of color, which makes the incident even more disturbing."
(Excerpt) Read more at people.com ...
Show me the lighter! Show me the finger prints!
Yeah, she’ll be outed as a hoax soon enough.
Yep! It doesn't appear she's even really trying to hide the fact either. Or she's just that damn' stupid. Perhaps both.
As my LEO son would say "thank God criminals are stupid dad, otherwise they wouldn't get caught."
He ain't wrong!
Yes, give it a few days, and she will be forced to admit it is a hoax. Bubba Wallace had 15 FBI agents. Maybe these dirt bags are competing with each other, to see how many FBI agents they can get assigned to their case. 😁😆
And that is the kicker. I doubt she would fully go and light herself, but she might JUST apply some lighter fluid.
Yes, I expect half black at best.
I was once “burned” bad enough that I had to shuck off my pants, jump into the creek to wash both my leg and pants. I was burned badly enough I had to use an otc burn cream and bandage for a few days.
I solved the problem by adding just a bit of fluid to my lighter at the END of each day. No more burned leg.
Fake.
1. She could pass for white and probably has, on numerous occasions.
2. There are cameras everywhere. Look for surveillance footage.
Those are not the kind of burns one would get from real flames. Her hair would have been burned too.
They are being unfair, even making stuff up, in order to show whitey how unfair his great grand dad might have been 100 years ago?
It’s sort of like when people act like a “jerks” in order to prove someone else is actually a jerk?
In either case, actual logic is not in play.
Interesting, though the discrepancies are not accurately recounted by the critics there.
There ARE discrepancies. But, they supposedly know what street to start with, and can easily narrow it down.
I was right, she’s half-baked. Oops! I didn’t even intend that play on words!
Yep, self caused light injury to get her 15 minutes of fame.
If she had been torched like she said her hair would have been burned.
If someone had thrown a “flaming lighter” at her it would have been a wick type lighter like a Zippo and would still be in her car.
Tawana Brawley had a better story than this idiot.
What kind of lighter continues to burn without your finger holding down the red button??
(I shudda read ahead...)
Looks more Quad RACIAL!
keep runnin’ up the numbers ‘til we get to 451!
lol
That’s the fact, Jack!
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